Question
Description acceptable. A cartellino reading “36” appears in a proto-conceptual painting of one of these things by Cornelius Gijsbrechts (“GAYS-brekts”) from 1670. For 10 points each:
[10h] Describe these things that were copied by Vik Muniz for an unusual 2024 Prado exhibit. Leonardo painted a laurel, palm, and juniper around the motto “Virtutem Forma Decorat” on one of these things.
ANSWER: reverse side of paintings [or back side of paintings or obverse of paintings or equivalents; accept versos; accept The Reverse of a Framed Painting or Bagsiden af et indrammet maleri; prompt on paintings or equivalents] (The Leonardo painting is done on the verso of his portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci.)
[10m] The verso of a Martin van Meytens painting shows the bare butt of a person with this vocation. A yellow window illuminates a sculpture of a person of this vocation flanked by theater-box portraits of its chapel’s eponymous family.
ANSWER: nuns [or sisters; or abbesses; accept Kneeling Nun; prompt on religious orders; prompt on saints or the Ecstasy of Saint Theresa or l’Estasi di santa Teresa d’Avila by asking “what was her earthly vocation?”] (The chapel is named for the Cornaro family.)
[10e] Muniz copied the back of this painting, which reflexively depicts its own verso. Foucault’s The Order of Things details a new episteme using this group portrait of the Infanta Margaret Theresa.
ANSWER: Las Meninas [or The Royal Family; or The Maids of Honor] (by Diego Velázquez)
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Summary
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