Question

In 2024, the Leonard N. Stern Collection loaned the Met over 150 works from this region shown in glass cases with a red backdrop. Evidence for polychromy in this region’s art includes traces of azurite and cinnabar on pieces by the Bastis Master. A “hoard” from this region was the site of hundreds of purposely broken leg figurines. This region’s violin-shaped figurines preceded the “canonical” (10[1])Kapsala style. (10[1])A ship surrounded by spirals appears on this region’s ceramic Chalandriani “frying pan.” Seated harp (10[1])players and folded-arm (10[1])figurines from this region influenced modern artists (10[1])like Constantin (10[1])Brâncuși and Amedeo Modigliani, (10[1])who admired this region’s minimal geometric (-5[1])white-marble (10[1])aesthetic. (-5[1])For 10 points, along with Minoan and Mycenaean (10[2])works, Aegean art (-5[1])includes (-5[1])sculpture from what group of (10[1])islands including (10[1])Paros and Naxos? ■END■ (10[6]0[2])

ANSWER: Cyclades [or Kyklades; accept Cycladic art; accept Syros; accept Paros or Naxos until each is read; prompt on Greece, Hellas, Elláda, or Ellás; prompt on South Aegean or Eyéo Pélagos until “Aegean” is read;
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2090%0%20%106.67

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
James McCurleyHarvardRutgers6410
Dennis ReppenChicago CMinnesota A6610
Raymond WangCornell AToronto B8110
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AWUSTL B8410
Matt JacksonChicago ASouth Carolina9110
Gabrielle ClarkOttawaIllinois9310
Michal GerasimiukStanfordNorthwestern9710
Eve FleisigBerkeley ANorth Carolina B103-5
Jakob MyersIndianaFlorida10410
Megan WangBrownMcGill105-5
Halle FriedmanNYUJohns Hopkins11310
Matt SchiavonePurdueTruman State11310
Chinmay MurthyTexasCornell B116-5
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BDuke117-5
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AVirginia12210
John John GrogerColumbia BMichigan12410
Forrest WeintraubColumbia AClaremont Colleges12810
Sky LiToronto AKentucky12810
Cory SmithKentuckyToronto A1280
Ashish SubramanianDukeMinnesota B12810
Rasheeq AzadNorth Carolina BBerkeley A12810
Anirudh BharadwajPennMaryland12810
Jem BurchYale BVanderbilt12810
Alan WuVanderbiltYale B1280