Question
In her essay “The Imaginary Orient,” Linda Nochlin argues that this artist’s intensely detailed paintings of the Near East present Western views of the East as candid observations. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this French academic painter of The Slave Market. His painting The Snake Charmer is frequently used as the cover for Edward Said’s Orientalism.
ANSWER: Jean-Léon Gérôme
[10m] Later in that essay, Nochlin also describes artists that use the East as a setting to portray sadistic sexual desires, citing this painting in which the title Assyrian king orders his concubines to be killed as his palace burns.
ANSWER: The Death of Sardanapalus [or La Mort de Sardanapale]
[10e] The Death of Sardanapalus is a painting by this French Romantic artist of Liberty Leading the People.
ANSWER: Eugène Delacroix
<Justine French, Fine Arts - Painting - European 1600-1945> ~11847~ <Editor: Chandler West>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 15.56 | 100% | 53% | 3% |