Question

This painting’s artist spread rumors that he was murdered by bandits while traveling from Rome to extend this painting’s viewing time at the Salon. A museum in Toledo, Ohio contains a later, smaller version of this painting that shows a spool of thread at the feet of a woman in a blue headband. This painting’s imagery was inspired by a side character in a play by Corneille who arrives while carrying objects that serve as this painting’s vanishing point. This painting’s setting in a (*) closed courtyard is dominated by three large arches. This painting’s artist (10[2])may have been inspired by friezes at Pompeii to depict the flowing robes of a man who holds a spear behind his back. A group of weeping women on this painting’s (10[1])right (10[1])look away from its central scene. For 10 points, a Roman father holds up three swords to his sons in what painting by Jacques-Louis David? ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: The Oath of the Horatii [or Le Serment des Horaces]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Thomas HartWarwickDurham9410
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghImperial B9410
Omer KeskinOxfordBirmingham12510
Michael MaysImperial ACambridge A12610
Kay RiessBristolCambridge B1520
Ben LaFondCambridge BBristol1520

Summary

2023 ARCADIA at DukeEmory, Duke, YaleY3100%0%0%118.67
2023 ARCADIA at EmoryEmory, Duke, YaleY4100%0%25%108.00
2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY580%0%0%109.75
2023 ARCADIA at MarylandMaryland, OnlineY3100%0%33%145.67
2023 ARCADIA OnlineMaryland, OnlineY3100%0%67%146.33
2023 ARCADIA at TexasOhio State, TexasY3100%0%33%138.33
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio StateOhio State, TexasY3100%33%67%108.33