Question

This painting inspired a pastel and charcoal series of an urban wasteland made in the 1980s by William Kentridge. In a darker poem inspired by this painting, a traveler sees birds pecking at a corpse on a “gallows tree.” On the right side of this reception piece, a bow and quiver sit below a statue adorned with pink roses. Though its main version is in the Louvre, a second version of this painting is in Berlin’s Charlottenburg Palace, which also houses its artist’s painting of works being boxed up at a dealer’s shop. (10[1])On the left of this painting, a red cloth drapes the prow of a ship, above which fly several cupids. It is unclear whether the joyous aristocrats in this fête galante are heading to or from the title Greek (10[1])island. For 10 points, name this Rococo painting by Jean-Antoine Watteau. ■END■

ANSWER: The Embarkation for Cythera [or The Embarkation to Cythera; or The Voyage to Cythera; or Pilgrimage to the Isle of Cythera; or L’embarquement pour Cythère; accept reasonable translations mentioning a journey to or from Cythera] (The poem in the second sentence is “A Voyage to Cythera” by Charles Baudelaire. The other Watteau painting is The Shop Sign of Gersaint.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Russell NipUBCUW B9210
Truman FillbrandtUW AAlberta13110

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Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y580%0%0%116.25
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%50%111.33
Northeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%25%126.50
Overflow2025-02-01Y475%0%25%94.33
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%111.50
UK2025-02-01Y1070%0%10%116.14
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y888%0%0%107.00