Henry Fuseli - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

A painting by this artist was recreated by Doja Cat for the posters of her Scarlet tour, in which she depicted herself as the central figure. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this artist who painted Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent as his Royal Academy diploma work. An incubus looks out at the viewer while crouching on top of a sleeping woman in this artist’s The Nightmare.

ANSWER: Henry Fuseli (“FUSE-lee”) [or Johann Heinrich Füssli]

[10e] Fuseli painted another nightmarish scene in The Vision of Catherine of Aragon, which was based on this author’s play Henry VIII. Another play by this author inspired Fuseli’s Lady Macbeth Seizing The Daggers.

ANSWER: William Shakespeare

[10h] Fuseli was included in John Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery along with this artist, who contributed a depiction of Troilus and Cressida. This history painter created a self-portrait “hesitating” between painting and music.

ANSWER: Angelica Kauffman [or Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann]

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Canada	Main	Y	6	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	12	13.33	100%	25%	8%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	6	15.00	100%	33%	17%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	13.00	100%	30%	0%
North	Main	Y	11	15.45	100%	46%	9%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	12.00	100%	20%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	15.00	100%	42%	8%
South Central	Main	Y	5	12.00	80%	20%	20%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	13.33	100%	25%	8%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	21.25	100%	75%	38%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	16.43	100%	50%	14%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

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Berkeley C	Berkeley A	10	10	10	30
Berkeley E	Stanford A	10	10	0	20
Stanford B	Berkeley D	10	10	0	20
Stanford C	Berkeley F	10	10	10	30
Berkeley B	UCSC	10	10	0	20
Claremont Pitzer	UCI	0	10	0	10
UCLA D	UCLA B	10	10	0	20
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	UCSB	0	10	0	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	USC	10	10	0	20
Claremont Scripps	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	10	0	20
UCLA A	UCLA C	10	10	0	20
McGill C	Carleton	0	10	0	10
Toronto D	Guelph A	0	10	0	10
McGill A	Ottawa	10	10	0	20
Queen's A	McGill B	0	10	0	10
Waterloo	McMaster B	0	10	0	10
Queen's B	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Toronto A	McMaster A	10	10	10	30
Toronto B	Toronto C	0	10	0	10
Toronto G	Toronto F	0	10	0	10
Toronto H	Toronto I	0	10	0	10
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto J	0	10	0	10
McMaster C	Toronto K	10	10	0	20
ERAU A	FIU	0	10	0	10
UF D	ERAU B	0	10	0	10
UCF A	FSU	0	10	0	10
Melbourne A	UCF B	0	10	0	10
UF A	UF C	0	10	0	10
UF E	UF B	0	10	0	10
OSU C	CWRU A	10	10	10	30
CWRU B	Pitt A	0	10	0	10
CWRU D	MSU B	0	10	0	10
CWRU C	MSU A	0	10	0	10
OSU D	Kenyon B	10	10	0	20
Pitt B	OSU A	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	James Madison	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	Clemson A	10	10	0	20
Virginia B	Liberty C	10	10	0	20
North Carolina B	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
South Carolina A	South Carolina B	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
Tusculum	NC State	0	10	0	10
North Carolina A	Virginia A	10	10	0	20
Virginia Tech B	Clemson B	0	10	0	10
Maryland D	Catholic University	0	10	0	10
UMBC A	George Washington A	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins C	George Washington B	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins B	George Mason C	0	10	0	10
Maryland A	Penn A	10	10	0	20
Penn B	Maryland B	0	10	0	10
Johns Hopkins A	Maryland C	10	10	0	20
NYU A	George Mason B	10	10	10	30
George Mason A	NYU B	0	10	0	10
Georgetown B	Notre Dame E	10	10	0	20
VCU A	Georgetown A	10	10	0	20
Columbia B	Lehigh B	0	10	0	10
Columbia C	Lehigh A	0	10	0	10
Rutgers C	Princeton A	0	10	0	10
Rutgers B	Swarthmore A	0	10	0	10
Columbia A	Vassar A	10	10	0	20
SIUE	WashU B	0	10	0	10
Truman State	William Woods	10	10	0	20
Missouri A	WashU A	10	10	0	20
UIC	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
WashU C	WashU D	10	10	0	20
Chicago A	Chicago B	10	10	0	20
Chicago C	Notre Dame A	0	10	0	10
Louisville B	Chicago D	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Illinois C	10	10	0	20
Indiana A	Michigan A	10	10	0	20
Michigan C	Illinois B	10	10	0	20
Purdue C	Michigan D	0	10	0	10
Louisville A	Notre Dame B	10	10	0	20
Indiana B	Notre Dame D	0	10	0	10
Purdue A	Michigan B	0	10	10	20
Purdue B	Notre Dame C	0	10	0	10
Macalester A	Carleton	0	10	0	10
Macalester B	St. Thomas	0	10	0	10
Iowa State	Minnesota C	0	10	0	10
Nebraska	Minnesota B	0	10	0	10
Minnesota A	Wisconsin	10	0	10	20
North Carolina C	Roanoke	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Amherst B	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Clemenceau	BC A	0	10	0	10
BC B	Bowdoin A	0	10	0	10
Amherst A	Brandeis Lloyd George	0	10	0	10
Brown B	Brandeis Orlando	0	10	0	10
Harvard	Dartmouth	10	10	0	20
Cornell-UG	MIT A	0	10	0	10
MIT B	Brandeis Wilson	0	10	0	10
Yale A	Tufts A	10	10	0	20
Yale B	Tufts B	0	10	0	10
Brown C	Williams	0	10	0	10
Bowdoin B	BU	0	10	0	10
Alberta B	Ohio	10	10	10	30
McGill D	Northwestern A	10	10	10	30
Texas A	Rose State	10	10	0	20
Northwestern C	Tulsa	0	10	0	10
UCO	Arizona State B	10	10	0	20
UTD A	Northwestern B	0	10	0	10
Iowa	UTD B	10	10	0	20
Arizona State A	Texas B	10	10	10	30
Edinburgh A	Bristol B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge A	LSE B	10	10	10	30
Cambridge C	Imperial B	10	10	10	30
Cambridge D	Durham A	10	10	0	20
Bristol A	Edinburgh B	10	10	0	20
Southampton A	Imperial C	0	10	0	10
Lancaster A	LSE A	0	10	0	10
Manchester A	Sheffield C	10	10	0	20
Warwick B	Manchester B	0	10	0	10
Oxford A	Durham B	10	10	0	20
Oxford B	Sheffield A	0	10	0	10
Sheffield B	Cambridge B	0	10	0	10
Warwick A	Southampton B	0	10	0	10
Cornell-DII	Binghamton A	10	10	0	20
Syracuse	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10
RIT B	RIT A	0	10	0	10
Rochester	ESF	0	10	0	10
Birmingham A	City St George's A	10	10	0	20