Question
In December 2022, Hamline University fired a professor who showed Rashid al-Din Ṭabib’s depiction of this figure receiving an angel. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this figure who often appears covered by a veil in Shia artwork, though Sunnis largely denounce any depiction of him.
ANSWER: Muhammad
[10h] Muhammad is often depicted inside a flame instead of with one of these things. Byzantine donors were depicted with square examples of these things that contained a cross when associated with the Trinity.
ANSWER: halos [or nimbus; or glory; or gloriole; prompt on aureole or aureola; prompt on mandorla]
[10m] Muhammad’s name in geometric Kufic script often appears on these objects that are arranged in zellij or moraq artworks. Girih examples of these objects include a decagon and hexagon.
ANSWER: tiles [or word forms such as tiling; prompt on mosaics by asking “What are they made from?”]
<Ganon Evans, Fine Arts - Painting - World> ~20802~ <Editor: Chandler West>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
Data
| Dunbar | Chattahoochee A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Maggie Walker C | Lake Highland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |