Question

Nikolaus Dumba’s admiration for one person in this profession led him to commission a now destroyed portrait in which that person sits in profile in front of a hazy group of people. A person in this profession may have been allegorized as John the Evangelist in a sculpture that depicts a bronze eagle resting near his feet. In a painting titled for a person from this profession, a topless woman with a vivid blue skirt appears in a section that also includes three nude, black-haired (*) gorgons. (10[1])Max Klinger’s bare-chested sculpture of a person in this profession was made for an exhibit that also featured a painting allegorizing one of that person’s works with the ape-like Typhoeus and a knight covered in gold leaf. For 10 points, a member of what profession inspired Gustav Klimt to adorn the walls of the Vienna Secession Building with his Beethoven (10[1])Frieze? ■END■

ANSWER: composers [prompt on musicians] (The first line refers to Gustav Klimt’s Schubert at the Piano.)
<Strombeck, Painting and Sculpture>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrei HuiHeat-Oppressed BrainsYou, Me and the Big G8510
Joey GoldmanA VK a Day Keeps the Doctor AwayEugene o'Negging14510

Summary

2024 ESPN @ Chicago03/23/2024Y6100%0%17%105.50
2024 ESPN @ Columbia03/23/2024Y6100%0%17%105.33
2024 ESPN @ Duke03/23/2024Y2100%0%0%126.00
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y10%0%100%0.00
2024 ESPN @ Brown04/06/2024Y3100%0%33%145.00
2024 ESPN @ Cambridge04/06/2024Y2100%0%0%115.00
2024 ESPN @ Online06/01/2024Y3100%0%0%105.33