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Question

A chapel in Padua that prominently featured this artistic technique was commissioned by Enrico Scrovegni. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this art technique that Giotto (“JO-toh”) used to decorate the Arena Chapel. This technique is contrasted with a secco variety that is applied on a dry plaster.

ANSWER: frescos [accept fresco-secco; prompt on murals]

[10e] Much of the Arena Chapel focuses on the life of this figure, who is depicted in the Annunciation being told by the archangel Gabriel that she will bear a son.

ANSWER: the Virgin Mary [or Madonna; accept the Life of the Virgin]

[10h] This scene in the Arena Chapel depicts ten angels flying above a sloped surface. Andrea Mantegna’s (“mahn-TANE-yah’s”) depiction of this scene featured the central figure lying on a stone slab and is notable for its extensive foreshortening.

ANSWER: Lamentation of Christ [or Mourning of Christ; accept Lamentation over the Dead Christ; prompt on Pietà; prompt on Dead Christ]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	18.89	100%	78%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	7	17.14	86%	71%	14%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	11	18.18	100%	82%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%

Data


UCLA C	Claremont B	0	10	0	10
Syracuse	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10
Binghamton C	RIT C	10	10	0	20
U of Rochester A	Cornell B	10	10	0	20
Cornell E	Cornell D	10	10	0	20
U of Rochester B	Cornell G	0	10	0	10
Cornell A	ESF	10	10	0	20
Cornell F	Penn State	0	10	0	10
Binghamton B	RIT A	10	10	0	20
Cornell C	RIT B	10	10	0	20
Purdue B	Chicago B	10	10	0	20
Northwestern A	Illinois A	10	10	0	20
Illinois B	Indiana	0	10	0	10
Illinois C	Illinois D	0	10	0	10
Iowa A	Chicago A	10	10	10	30
Iowa B	WashU B	10	10	0	20
Notre Dame A	Notre Dame C	10	10	0	20
Purdue A	Notre Dame B	10	10	0	20
WashU A	Purdue C	10	10	0	20
UCLA E	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
Claremont A	UCSD	10	10	10	30
USC	UCLA A	10	10	0	20
Columbia J	Columbia A	10	10	0	20
Fordham A	Maryland A	10	10	0	20
Rutgers B	Lehigh A	10	10	0	20
Bard A	Maryland B	0	10	0	10
Columbia B	NYU A	10	10	0	20
Claremont C	UCLA D	10	10	0	20
Rowan A	NYU B	10	10	0	20
Penn B	Penn A	10	10	0	20
Princeton A	Lehigh B	0	10	0	10
CWRU A	West Virginia A	0	0	0	0
Miami A	CWRU B	10	10	10	30
Jefferson County Scholars	Michigan C	10	10	0	20
Michigan B	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Michigan State A	Michigan State B	10	10	0	20
Ohio State A	CWRU C	0	10	0	10
Michigan D	West Virginia B	10	10	0	20
UW Gluttony	Alberta	10	10	0	20
UW Lust	Arizona State A	0	10	0	10
UW Envy	Arizona State B	10	10	10	30
Boise State	UBC A	0	10	0	10
UBC B	UW Sloth	0	10	0	10
UW Chastity	UW Pride	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Auburn A	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
Georgia A	Clemson B	10	10	0	20
Emory A	Georgia Tech B	10	10	0	20
Vanderbilt A	Emory Oxford	10	10	0	20
Alabama A	Furman	10	10	0	20
Georgia Tech A	South Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Auburn B	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech E	10	10	0	20
Belmont	Southern	10	10	0	20
Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	10	10	0	20
Liberty B	James Madison A	10	10	0	20
Appalachian State A	James Madison B	10	10	0	20
Duke A	Liberty A	0	10	0	10
William & Mary	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
NC State	UNC D	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech A	Tusculum	10	10	0	20
UNC B	VCU	0	10	0	10
UNC A	UNC C	10	10	0	20
Duke B	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10