Rococo - 2024 ACF Fall - Buzzpoints App

Question

A painter from this movement depicted a portrait of Louis XIV being packed into a wooden box in The Shop Sign of Gersaint (“zhair-SAHN”). For 10 points each:

[10m] Antoine Watteau belonged to what 18th century artistic movement that began in France and emphasized extensive ornamentation and decoration?

ANSWER: Rococo [accept Late Baroque; reject “Baroque”]

[10e] Watteau’s painting The Embarkation for Cythera depicts nobles traveling to the birthplace of this goddess. Jean-Honoré Fragonard painted The Birth of this goddess of love, which was also depicted by Sandro Botticelli.

ANSWER: Venus [accept Aphrodite; accept The Birth of Venus or La Naissance de Vénus]

[10h] This other Rococo artist inspired Fragonard’s The Birth of Venus with his work The Triumph of Venus. This painter depicted his sponsor Madame de Pompadour in a series of portraits and painted The Toilette of Venus.

ANSWER: François Boucher (“boo-SHAY”)

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	21.25	100%	100%	13%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	22.50	100%	88%	38%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	18.00	100%	70%	10%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	16.67	100%	56%	11%

Data


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