Question

analyse the emergence of visual culture in India during the 19th century.

Answer 1

The new visual culture which emerged in India acquired a

distinctively Indian form and style. Hindu epics were depicted by artists like

Raja Ravi Verma.

Mass production of visual images lowered

the cost of production. So even the lower income groups could decorate the

walls of their homes with the cheap prints and calendars available in the

market. Wood engravers who made woodblocks worked in the print shops. Painters

like Raja Ravi Verma produced images for mass circulation.  

The Printing Press also had an impact on the visual images.

Multiple copies of the visual images could be produced easily. As a result of innovations

in printing technology colour prints were introduced. This made printing

material more beautiful.

Caricatures and cartoons were published in newspapers and

journals. Some of them made fun of the fascination of the educated Indian's to

copy Western tastes and clothes. Some of them openly criticized the imperial

rule.