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Throw light on the 'New forms of Imperial Art'- Picturesque landscape painting, portrait painting and historical painting​

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Answer 2

A wave of European artists from XVIII century, who migrated to India, introduced modern painting forms and conventions. The paintings they created had influenced India's western perceptions

Explanation

1. Such artists introduced the idea of realising. This was based on close observation and faithful portrayal of the scenes they witnessed through their own eyes
2. The oil painting technique was also implemented, which was a new element for Indian artists.
3. For their portraits, the European artists preferred various themes, but they never failed to highlight Britain's dominance.

The Picturesque Landscape

1. Picturesque landscape painting was a very famous imperial tradition. This painting style portrayed India as a picturesque land, to be discovered by British artists who were traveling to India. The landscape that was depicted was wild and rugged that was untamed by human hands.
2. Thomas Daniell along with his nephew William Daniell painted in this tradition. The made very evocative picturesque of landscape of those territories in India that were conquered by the British
3. Their oil  paintings  were  displayed  to  select  audiences in Britain, which were  eagerly bought by the British public interested in knowing about Britain’s reign in India
4. Images  of  British  reign bringing  modern and contemporary  civilization  to India  is  strongly emphasized  in  the numerous  pictures  of  late 18th century  Calcutta drawn  by  the  Daniells

Portraits of Authority

1. Another technique was portrait painting. The portraits  were life-size images, which looked genuine and lifelike. This became really well known. This culminated in the quest for lucrative commissions by various European portrait painters in India. Johann Zoffany was one of the most prominent portrait artists.
2. The  size  of  these  paintings projected  the significance of  the  patrons  who  commissioned  the portraits.  This  new  style  of portraiture was a medium and channel for displaying the wealth, status, and lavish lifestyles which the  empire  generated
3. Several Indian Nawabs also began commissioning imposing oil portraits by European painters. Some  of the Nawabs acknowledged the British's cultural and political dominance and socialize and  adopt  their  styles and tastes of the British

Painting History

1. The genre  of imperial art is known as history painting. The custom was meant to recreate and reproduce many periods of colonial British history.
2. British victories in India also provided history painters in Britain with rich content. These paintings too praised British for their strength, successes and superiority. These paintings..