Question
Rochelle Gurstein’s Written in Water examines the role of classics in art history, starting with a variant of this statue that was once one of the world’s most famous sculptures. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Praxiteles (“prak-SIT-uh-leez”) work that was rejected by the city of Kos for its nudity, according to Pliny. This sculpture was modeled on Phryne and is supported by drapery and a vase.
ANSWER: Aphrodite of Knidos [prompt on Aphrodite]
[10e] The Uffizi houses a variant of the Aphrodite of Knidos named for this family. This house’s Cosimo I commissioned Giorgio Vasari to design the Uffizi.
ANSWER: Medici family
[10h] The Vatican houses a Roman copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos named for this family. A member of this family is the likely author of an incunabulum depicting a voyage to Cythera during a dream within a dream after the protagonist fights dragons and wolves.
ANSWER: Colonna [accept Filippo Giuseppe Colonna; accept Francesco Colonna]
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