Question

A depiction of this figure on the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum depicts her with a crown, throne, scepter, and an orb with a cross to demonstrate her dominance over her three counterparts. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this allegorical figure who sits near a cow, holding a scepter in one hand and resting the other atop a temple, on the cornice of a ceiling fresco by Tiepolo in the Wurzburg Palace that also depicts the Planets.
ANSWER: Europe [accept Empress Europa]
[10h] Tiepolo’s allegorical depictions of the continents follow the features developed in this Italian humanist’s Iconologia, which collected depictions of personifications of concepts like the virtues, vices, and sciences.
ANSWER: Cesare Ripa
[10e] This Dutch master adapted Ripa’s iconography for his The Allegory of Faith. He took creative liberties with the standard depiction of Clio, the Muse of History, in his The Art of Painting.
ANSWER: Johannes Vermeer
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2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y316.67100%33%33%
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Berkeley ABerkeley B001010
Rutgers DiasporaFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them1001020
Maryland B+Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery001010
Maryland AThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs001010
[Insert Lawyer Joke Here]Stanford A10101030
It's JoeverStanford B001010
PurdueAmartya Senpai Notice Me001010
Epic GamesMaryland B-001010
Chicago AMichigan10101030
IllinoisMojo Shojo1001020
NorthwesternOSU001010
Chicago BWUSTL100010
Cornell C++What is BH! And you are asking me? BHSU001010
Houston and FriendsCornell B-001010
Hutto HipposRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne Gang0101020
Dr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, IraqThe Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B100010
Broken Imperial NomadsMagisters Ludi001010
Oxford HornetsBuzzers Karamazov1001020
Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleCameron et al.001010
Parth et al.The Passion According to C.H.001010
The Vulture's Guide to BuzzMilan et al.001010
Olmo (Bonus) Bagelrymeet the new weird, same as the old weird1001020
nats is supposed to mean you all have gone softColumbia B001010
Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People AgainUG Championship Players (and Mazin)10101030