UPSC Express

Consider the following characteristics:

The theme of the painting includes portraying deities especially Vishnu, Shiva and Krishna.
Artists adhered strictly to iconography as these paintings were made for ritual and worship and not for display as is mostly the case today.
Made on jackwood pasted with unbleached cloth to which a mixture of limestone, chalk powder, gum and honey are applied in layers on a sketch of the icon.
Extra coats given to raise some parts of the painting. Jewellery etc are put.
Identify from below the correct school of painting which has above characteristics:

a       Madhubani school
b       Tanjore school
c       Manjusha school
d       Patta Chitra school
Explanation:

Solution (b)