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History CH 4 - History of Indian Arts · Maharashtra Board STD 10 (MSBSHSE - English Medium). 2 questions.

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Question 12 Marks
An expert with deep understanding of art history is required in the art market.
Answer
i. Art market is an independent field which includes research, journalism and trading of various objects of historical importance.
ii. This requires expertise for determining the exact value of an art object as well as to check if it is genuine.
iii. Art historians are also required with the purpose of conservation and restoration of historical objects.
iv. The experts are needed in the field of Museums and Archives Management, Library Science and Information Technology, Archaeological Research, Indology.
Hence, an expert with deep understanding of art history is required in the art market.
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Question 22 Marks
It is necessary to preserve the tradition like Chitrakathi, which is on the verge of extinction.
Answer
i. Chitrakathi or Pinguli is a traditional method of narrating stories from Ramayana ог Mahabharata with the help of wooden puppets and paintings.
ii. This tradition is mentioned in Manasollas, a book written by the Chalukya king, Someshvara in the $12^{\text {th }}$ century C.E. which confirms the antiquity of this tradition.
iii. In this art, Chitrakathi pictures are drawn on a paper and painted in colours made from natural substances. A single story requires $30-50$ pictures for complete narration.
iv. These pictures have been preserved very carefully and handed down from one generation to another.
Since this tradition is on the verge of extinction, artists and the government are trying to preserve the tradition.
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