Empire State of Mind
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We’re All in This Together
100
It’s the name of the king pictured below.
Who is Louis the XIV?
100
The building which has the largest unsupported concrete dome in the world. It’s an engineering marvel, surviving close to 2 millennia.
What is the Pantheon?
100
He’s the artist responsible for the ethereal attendant angel to the left of Christ in this painting, The Baptism of Christ By Verrocchio‘s workshop.
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci?
100
Paolo Veronese painted this immense scene for a monastery in Venice, but it was nabbed by Napoleon and brought to France. Ironically, it is overshadowed by little Mona everyday.
What is The Marriage Feast at Cana?
100
It’s the method used to create the paintings in the Sistine Chapel.
What is Buon Fresco?
100
The student whose knack for solo exploration almost caused Dr. D to experience a cardiac episode.
Who is Silas Strawbridge?
200
It’s the assembly responsible for establishing the rules for how the Holy Family could be represented in Catholic art.
What is the Council of Trent?
200
It’s the type of architecture found in Notre Dame Cathedral, characterized by the style below:
What is Gothic architecture?
200
The artist responsible for this Neoplatonic wedding gift, Primavera:
Who is Sandro Botticelli?
200
In the School of Athens by Raphael, these are the two central philosophers holding their defining works, Timaeus and Ethics.
Who are Plato and Aristotle?
200
This type of paint, which preceded the popularity of oils, used pigments mixed with yolks. Don’t worry, the yellow tint goes away when dried.
What is egg tempera?
200
The student who should buy stock in Coke Zero, but not pursue foreign language study.
Who is Levi Willis?
300
The name of the emporer responsible for this arch, which depicts the spoils from destruction of Jerusalem in one of its friezes.
Who is Titus?
300
It’s the real name for the building below, popularly known as the Colosseum.
What is the Flavian Amphitheater?
300
The dutch artist who painted these genre scenes died in poverty, but his rare artworks are worth millions nowadays.
Who is Johannes Vermeer
300
She’s the artist responsible for painting Judith Slaying Holofernes (below), which employs Caravaggio’s style of Tenebrism to emphasize emotion.
Who is Artemisia Gentileschi?
300
This type of painting is a lighter version of Baroque, characterized by pastel colors and a party atmosphere called fêtes gallantes. The Embarkation for the Isle of Cythera is a prime example.
What is Rococo painting?
300
This game, played whenever students had a few minutes to spare, resulted in many welts and usually the elimination of all females players first.
What is hacky sack?
400
It’s the crest belonging to this royal family that Jan Bruegel has imbedded in biblical scene The census at Bethlehem.
What is the Hapsburg double eagle?
400
This goldsmith architect won the competition to finish this cathedral, engineering the design for the largest freestanding masonry dome in the world.
Who was Filippo Brunelleschi?
400
The artist responsible for the works below. The one of Anne of Cleves made him lose favor with Henry VIII.
Who is Hans Holbein the Younger?
400
It’s the original location of the sculpture below, before it was moved to the Galleria dell’ Accademia (One of Luke’s favorite places in Florence).
What is the Palazzo Vecchio?
400
It’s the symbol in Jacopo Pontormo’s Supper at Emmaus that was prohibited by Renaissance popes and overpainted by the Illuminati-esque “Eye of Providence”.
What is the three headed trinity or “trifons”?
400
The young lady who defied Parisian traffic signals in her quest to see the Eiffel Tower’s hourly sparkle.
Who is Grace Rainey?
500
He is the pope who commissioned the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling and an arch nemesis of Michelangelo.
Who is Pope Julius the 2nd?
500
This famous ornate hall associated Louis XIV with Apollo, and allowed him to reflect upon his godlike appearance everyday. Ask DMR to fill you in on the details!
What is the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.
500
He’s the famous baroque sculptor responsible for the Vatican arcade and St. Peter’s Baldachin.
Who is Gian-Lorenzo Bernini?
500
These are the paintings, with their corresponding temperaments, painted by Arcimboldo for the Hapsburg court.
What are Spring:Sanguine ,
Summer:Choleric,
Autumn:Melancholic,
and Winter:Phlegmatic?
500
This scene by Théodore Géricault (below) relates actual events, but with a new, emotional style called Romanticism. Mrs. DeVries was a little irritable when describing it…
What is The Raft of the Medusa?
500
This is the site of an impromptu dance party, an unusual and wonderful occurrence brought by some American students.
What is the Ponte Vecchio?
