miniatures - 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern

Question

The Isfahan school of this art form replicated the delicate style used by Reza Abbasi in works like Two Lovers. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this art form that developed in Persia to illustrate texts like Nizami’s Khamsa and the Shahnameh.

ANSWER: miniatures [or miniature painting; or negârgari; prompt on painting, illumination, or illuminated manuscripts]

[10h] Reza Abbasi specialized in these albums of miniatures that began in Herat under the Timurid dynasty. Many miniature artists switched to painting these albums after Tahmasp I ended patronage for illustrated manuscripts.

ANSWER: muraqqa (“moo-RAH-kah”) [or murakka]

[10e] Along with miniatures, muraqqa collected examples of this art form in the Arabic alphabet. The kalam pen is used in the Islamic form of this decorative writing.

ANSWER: calligraphy [accept khatt]

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Summary


2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley	2024-11-16	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	8	15.00	100%	25%	25%
2024 ACF Winter at Clemson	2024-11-16	Y	8	12.50	13%	25%	88%
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh	2024-11-16	Y	9	13.33	78%	33%	22%
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern	2024-11-16	Y	9	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State	2024-11-16	Y	8	11.25	100%	13%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Online	2024-11-16	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%
2024 ACF Winter at UBC	2024-11-16	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2024 ACF Winter at Oxford	2024-11-16	Y	11	13.64	100%	27%	9%
2024 ACF Winter at Brandeis	2024-11-16	Y	10	17.00	100%	70%	0%

Data


Indiana B	UIUC D	10	10
Miami	Purdue D	10	10
WashU C	Notre Dame	10	10
Purdue A	UChicago C	10	10
Purdue B	UChicago A	10	10
WashU D	Purdue C	10	10
UIUC A	WashU B	10	10
UIUC B	Indiana A	10	10
UIUC C	SIUE A	10	10