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 Ohio StatefallY822.50100%88%38%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY618.33100%67%17%
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Alabama AAuburn B1010020
Georgia AAuburn C010010
Emory OxfordBelmont1010020
Emory OxfordBelmont1010020
Emory OxfordGeorgia Tech C1010020
Emory OxfordGeorgia Tech C1010020
FurmanMississippi State A010010
FurmanMississippi State A010010
FurmanMississippi State A010010
FurmanMississippi State A010010
FurmanMississippi State A010010
FurmanMississippi State A010010
FurmanMississippi State A010010
FurmanMississippi State A010010
Georgia Tech AClemson A1010020
Georgia Tech BGeorgia Tech E1010020
Emory OxfordBelmont100010
Emory OxfordBelmont100010
Emory OxfordGeorgia Tech C100010
Emory OxfordGeorgia Tech C100010
Georgia Tech DSouth Carolina B10101030
Clemson BSouth Carolina A010010
Auburn ATennessee B1010020
Vanderbilt BVanderbilt A1010020