Question
A painter in this city spent three decades on a mural cycle but did not finish the final portion depicting the Sermon on the Mount before his death. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this city, whose public library contains the “Triumph of Religion” mural. A controversial part of the mural depicts an allegorical “Synagogue” as a blindfolded woman huddling amidst collapsing walls.
ANSWER: Boston
[10e] The aforementioned murals in the Boston Public Library were done by this artist. This artist also painted murals at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, which owns this artist’s The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit.
ANSWER: John Singer Sargent
[10m] Another important influence of Sargent in Boston was this close friend, the subject of a portrait by him. This patron of Sargent built the Spanish Cloister in her villa specifically to showcase Sargent’s El Jaleo.
ANSWER: Isabella Stewart Gardner [accept either underlined part]
<Jeremy Tsai, Visual Fine Arts>
Summary
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo | 10/28/2023 | Y | 4 | 22.50 | 100% | 75% | 50% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU | 10/28/2023 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite) | 10/21/2023 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 67% | 83% | 33% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (South Central) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 3 | 6.67 | 67% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 Penn Bowl (UK) | 10/28/2023 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 60% | 80% | 0% |
Data
| 3HK1MM | Broken Hearts | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Betrayed by Rita Izzatdust | Edinburgh | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Four Neg Omelette | 10 Negs that Shook the Quiz | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Scottish, Irish, Both or Neither | Foucault's Penndulum | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Yes, Moderator | Tabearnacle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |