Question

In a portrait from this historical period, an African-born man in formal dress poses with his elbow on a marble bust. A socialite displays the fashions of this historical period in a portrait in which she reclines on a backless sofa, wears a very high-waisted white gown, and sports a Titus cut. During his turn to “Greek” style in this period, an artist painted Hersilia throwing herself between Tatius and Romulus to represent peace. The Académie (“ah-cahd-ay-MEE”) ceased operation during this period. Neoclassical painters of this period emphasized civic virtue in works like The Intervention of the Sabine Women, as well as a painting in which a politician drops a quill to the floor and holds a bloodied letter. For 10 points, Jacques-Louis David painted a politician of what period in his bathtub in The Death of Marat (-5[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: French Revolution [or Révolution française; accept the 1790s; accept Revolutionary France, the First French Republic, the Directory, the French Consulate, the First French Empire, or Napoleonic France; prompt on the 1700s; prompt on the Revolution; reject “Revolution of 1830,” “Second Empire,” “Second Republic,” or “Third Republic”] (The first two paintings are Girodet’s Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley, Deputy for Saint-Domingue and David’s Portrait of Madame Récamier.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will HollisterLehigh APenn State B136-5
Thomas FlexerPenn State BLehigh A13710

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley2024-11-16Y2100%0%0%121.50
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y1100%0%100%137.00
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y989%0%67%124.25
2024 ACF Winter at Online2024-11-16Y888%0%25%108.29
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%95.67
2024 ACF Winter at Central Florida2024-11-16Y5100%0%20%112.00
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford2024-11-16Y9100%0%22%116.78