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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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 56% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 22.50 | 100% | 88% | 38% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 67% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 16.67 | 92% | 67% | 8% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 56% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 21.25 | 100% | 100% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 67% | 11% |
Data
| Tusculum | Appalachian State B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| William & Mary | Duke A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| James Madison B | James Madison A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Virginia Tech A | Liberty C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NC State | Appalachian State A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Liberty B | UNC A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UNC C | Duke B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| VCU | Virginia | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UNC D | Virginia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |