Question
T. J. Clark’s book The Sight of Death chronicles his changing reaction to viewing two paintings by this artist over the course of several weeks of observation at the Getty Museum. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this artist whose 1633 Rape of the Sabine Women features a red-cloaked Romulus standing on a platform on the left of the painting and gesturing to his men to begin the abduction.
ANSWER: Nicolas Poussin
[10e] Poussin’s many paintings in this genre include one “with the Ashes of Phocion.” Poussin often idealized his works in this genre, balancing the natural scene with column-like tall trees.
ANSWER: landscapes [accept townscape]
[10m] A Poussin painting depicts a group of mythological figures performing the title Dance to the Music of Time, which influenced the composition of this Fauvist leader’s paintings of five nude figures dancing and holding hands.
ANSWER: Henri Matisse [or Henri Émile Benoît Matisse]
<Michael Bentley, Fine Arts - Painting - European to 1600> ~20155~ <Editor: Chandler West>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 75% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Belmont | Hunter A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson C | Mira Loma | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| St. Mark's | Winston Churchill A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Kinkaid | Troy | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| University Lab | Dallas County | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |