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An essay titled for this artist notes that, though “criticism has diminished the number of his authentic works,” a hometown chapel still houses his altarpiece with the “warrior-saint” Liberale. That essay titled for this artist claims that all art aspires toward the “condition of music.” This artist was [emphasize] formerly attributed a painting in which two nude women flank a lute player and his companion sitting on the grass, titled Pastoral Concert. A second nude woman, rather than a man with a staff, was originally at the left of one of this artist’s paintings in which a single lightning bolt appears over a cityscape. Before dying, this artist from Castelfranco began painting a Sleeping Venus that was completed by his contemporary, Titian. For 10 points, name this Venetian painter of The Tempest. ■END■ (0[5])

ANSWER: Giorgione [or Giorgio Barbarelli da Castelfranco; or Zorzo; accept “The School of Giorgione”] (Pater identifies the Castelfranco Madonna’s armored saint as Liberalis, but most scholars today identify him as Nicasius.)
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Kevin Zheng (DII)Michigan CCedarville1320
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State BKenyon1320
Aidan Jordan (DII)KenyonOhio State B1320
Biyang Zhang (DII)Michigan BMichigan A1320
Todd MaslykMichigan AMichigan B1320

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