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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 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 illuminated by the moonlight. (-5[1])A painting with this title was used as the cover for Edward Said’s Orientalism. (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])give this common title of paintings by Henri Rousseau and Jean-Léon Gérôme depicting a figure bewitching a reptile. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: The Snake Charmer [accept La Charmeuse de Serpents]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere105-5
Tony ChenSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers11910
Micah ColmanTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha11910
Jared HeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country119-5
Kane NguyenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up The Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange12210
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit14110
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfereas rational as the square root of two power bottoms1410

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2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y580%0%40%125.25