Question

Adolf Hitler’s interest in this sculpture led him to purchase its “Palombara” version, while its “Townley” version incorrectly has a head facing down. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this lost sculpture by Myron that depicts its title athlete as he turns to hurl an oblate weight.
ANSWER: Discobolus [or The Discus Thrower]
[10h] Myron’s Discobolus has attributes of both the High Classical style and this earlier style. The Kritios Boy is in this transitional Early Classical style characterized by greater naturalism than the preceding Archaic period.
ANSWER: Severe style
[10m] Severe-style sculptures typically lacked a visual motif named for an “Archaic” form of this feature, which was common on kouroi. The nickname of the fat monk Budai reflects his typical depiction with this feature.
ANSWER: smile [or word forms like smiling; or laughing or laughter; accept Archaic smile; accept Laughing Buddha or Xiào fú]
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Claremont AUCLA1001020
UC Berkeley AClaremont B1001020
Carnegie Mellon AOhio State A1001020
Michigan DCarnegie Mellon B0000
Case Western ACase Western B1001020
Michigan AMichigan State1001020
Ohio State BKenyon1001020
DukeWilliam & Mary1001020
UNC BLiberty A1001020
UNC DLiberty C0000
South CarolinaVirginia Tech A001010
UNC CLiberty B0000
Virginia AWake Forest10101030
Chicago AChicago B1001020
Missouri S&TChicago D1001020
Illinois BIndiana B100010
WashU AIllinois C1001020
Indiana AIllinois A100010
MissouriChicago C100010
UC Berkeley BUCSD1001020
CarletonWisconsin A100010
Georgetown AStanford B100010
Georgetown BNorthwestern A1001020
IowaNotre Dame B1001020
Northwestern BPurdue1001020
Notre Dame CNotre Dame A0000
AlbertaUW A0000
UBCUW B1001020
Texas ATAMU100010
Texas BASU1001020
Winona StateIowa State100010
Minnesota BWisconsin B100010
Georgia Tech CAlabama A1001020
Louisville AVanderbilt A100010
Georgia Tech DTennessee A100010
Bruin AGeorgia Tech B001010
Oxford BCambridge A100010
Cambridge CCambridge E1001020
Cambridge BCambridge D1010020
Imperial ADurham1001020
Imperial BLSE100010
ManchesterWarwick A1001020
Oxford AWarwick B100010
Oxford CSouthampton A100010
BristolSheffield1001020
Southampton BNYU C001010
Columbia BHaverford B1001020
Cornell BColumbia C100010
NYU AJohn Jay College1001020
Johns Hopkins ARutgers A1001020
Maryland BPenn B1001020
NYU BGeorge Washington A1001020
George Washington BPenn A0000
Yale AVassar A1001020
Cornell DESF A1001020
Cornell CRIT A001010
RIT BBinghamton A1001020