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A painting with this title is described as having an “absence of history” in a Linda Nochlin essay titled for an “imaginary” location. That painting with this title is located in the Clark in Williamstown, Massachusetts along with its artist’s other painting The Slave Market. Visits to the Jardins de Plantes (15[1])inspired the depiction of the vegetation and a pink-feathered bird in the bottom left of a painting with this title. A frieze in a painting with this title contains an excerpt from (*) Sura al-Baqarah above blue, Iznik-style panels. A painting with this title depicts a dark woman in a jungle environment (-5[1])illuminated by the moonlight. A painting with this title was used as the cover for Edward Said’s Orientalism. For 10 points, give this common title of paintings by Henri Rousseau and Jean-Léon Gérôme depicting a figure (10[1])bewitching a reptile. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: The Snake Charmer [accept La Charmeuse de Serpents]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Halle Friedmanjeff mcneil #1 morningside heights fan clubNJ TRANSit (and anwen i guess)5015
Eshan Pantjust one more half-dot broWalston et. al.101-5
Will AlstonWalston et. al.just one more half-dot bro13710
Zaid Asif12 Litres of Green TeaCope is the thing with feathers14110

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%67%124.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%17%50%116.00
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%33%33%109.33
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y367%0%67%136.00