Question

A painter from this movement depicted a portrait of Louis XIV being packed into a wooden box in The Shop Sign of Gersaint (“zhair-SAHN”). For 10 points each:
[10m] Antoine Watteau belonged to what 18th century artistic movement that began in France and emphasized extensive ornamentation and decoration?
ANSWER: Rococo [accept Late Baroque; reject “Baroque”]
[10e] Watteau’s painting The Embarkation for Cythera depicts nobles traveling to the birthplace of this goddess. Jean-Honoré Fragonard painted The Birth of this goddess of love, which was also depicted by Sandro Botticelli.
ANSWER: Venus [accept Aphrodite; accept The Birth of Venus or La Naissance de Vénus]
[10h] This other Rococo artist inspired Fragonard’s The Birth of Venus with his work The Triumph of Venus. This painter depicted his sponsor Madame de Pompadour in a series of portraits and painted The Toilette of Venus.
ANSWER: François Boucher (“boo-SHAY”)
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY916.67100%56%11%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY822.50100%88%38%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY618.33100%67%17%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1216.6792%67%8%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY916.67100%56%11%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY520.00100%100%0%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY821.25100%100%13%
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ESFBinghamton A010010
SyracuseBinghamton B1010020
Cornell ARIT C010010
Cornell CCornell F1010020
Cornell BCornell E10101030
Cornell DCornell G010010
Penn StateRIT B1010020
RIT AU of Rochester A1010020
Binghamton CU of Rochester B010010