Question
Answer the following about the Italian Renaissance’s craze for grottos, for 10 points each.
[10e] Visitors to Cosimo I’s Villa di Castello explored a grotto dedicated to alchemy before viewing this artist’s paintings like the Birth of Venus and Primavera in the house.
ANSWER: Sandro Botticelli [or Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi]
[10m] Study of Lake Arno’s fossil shoreline inspired the grotto in the background of this Leonardo da Vinci painting of Mary and Uriel watching over an infant Jesus and John the Baptist.
ANSWER: Virgin of the Rocks [or the Madonna of the Rocks; accept the Louvre Virgin of the Rocks or London Virgin of the Rocks; accept Vergine delle rocce]
[10h] The sponge-like Buontalenti Grotto appears next to the entrance of a corridor named for this artist, who designed it and the rest of the Uffizi Gallery. This artist was the first to use the term “rinascita,” which was later translated as “Renaissance.”
ANSWER: Giorgio Vasari
<Ganon Evans, Fine Arts - Painting - European to 1600> ~28179~ <Editor: Alan Smithee>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings | St. Mark's | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Hoover A | Heights | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Winston Churchill A | Innovation Academy A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |