Question

Francis Bacon praised this artist for painting “the best human cry in painting” after seeing this artist’s version of the Massacre of the Innocents. In a painting by this artist, a woman picking fruit from a tree is seen behind two spies hoisting up massive grapes. (-5[1])A blue Diana stands on a cloud in the background of this artist’s Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun. (15[1])An obelisk and a ruined temple are in the background of a landscape painting by this artist depicting (*) Saint John on Patmos. A painting by this artist includes a winged figure playing lyre (-5[1])on the right of four figures joining hands in a circle. (-5[2])A woman watches (10[1])as three shepherds point to the title inscription on a tomb in a painting by this artist. For 10 points, name this artist of The Four Seasons, Et in Arcadia Ego, (10[1])and A Dance to the Music of Time. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Nicolas Poussin
<Young Fenimore Lee, Visual Fine Arts>
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Enoch Yuen3HK1MMFoucoult's Penndulum6515
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Paul SteeplesOld London TownBroken Hearts109-5
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Parth JagtapEdinburghScottish, Irish, Both or Neither15110
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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y333%0%33%129.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y771%14%43%111.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%50%50%81.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y333%0%0%129.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%20%80%124.60
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y475%50%25%78.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%116.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y10%0%100%0.00