Question

explain the effect of print technology on Indian visual culture in the 19th century

Answer 1

1.  By the end of 19th century, a new visual culture was taking shape. With the setting up of increasing number of printing presses, visual images could be easily reproduced in multiple copies
2.  Painters like Raja Ravi Varma produced images for mass circulation. Cheap prints and calendars easily available in the bazaar, could be bought even by the poor to decorate the walls of their homes or places of work 
3.  These prints began to shape popular ideas about modernity and tradition, religion and politics and society and culture

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Answer 2

Following were the effects of print technology on Indian visual culture in the 19th century:

The Printing press had a deep impact on the visual images also. Now, visual images could be easily reproduced in multiple copies.

Painters like Raja Ravi Verrna produced images for mass circulation. Wood engravers, who , made woodblocks were employed by the print shops. Cheap prints and calendars could be bought even by the poor.

By the 1870s, caricatures and cartoons were being published in journals and newspapers. Some of these made fun of the educated Indian’s fascination to copy Western tastes and clothes. Some openly criticised the imperial rule.

Mass production of visual images reduced the cost of production. So cheap prints and calendars were available in the market even for the poor to decorate the walls of their homes.

The new visual culture acquired distinctively Indian forms and style. Artists like Raja Ravi Verma depicted the scenes from Hindu epics.