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Rochelle Gurstein’s Written in Water examines the role of classics in art history, starting with a variant of this statue that was once one of the world’s most famous sculptures. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Praxiteles (“prak-SIT-uh-leez”) work that was rejected by the city of Kos for its nudity, according to Pliny. This sculpture was modeled on Phryne and is supported by drapery and a vase.
ANSWER: Aphrodite of Knidos [prompt on Aphrodite]
[10e] The Uffizi houses a variant of the Aphrodite of Knidos named for this family. This house’s Cosimo I commissioned Giorgio Vasari to design the Uffizi.
ANSWER: Medici family
[10h] The Vatican houses a Roman copy of the Aphrodite of Knidos named for this family. A member of this family is the likely author of an incunabulum depicting a voyage to Cythera during a dream within a dream after the protagonist fights dragons and wolves.
ANSWER: Colonna [accept Filippo Giuseppe Colonna; accept Francesco Colonna]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Chicago AWUSTL B1010020ME
Columbia ABritish Columbia010010E
FloridaMIT1010020ME
Georgia TechColumbia B010010E
HarvardWaterloo A1010020ME
Illinois APenn State1001020MH
IndianaWUSTL A010010E
Iowa StateCornell B010010E
Johns HopkinsUC Berkeley B1010020ME
LSECornell A010010E
MarylandNorth Carolina A010010E
Ohio StateNorthwestern010010E
RITChicago B010010E
RutgersNYU010010E
Toronto BMinnesota010010E
UC Berkeley AToronto A1010020ME
VirginiaToronto C010010E
Virginia TechGeorgia State010010E
Waterloo BTexas1001020MH
YaleIllinois B010010E

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2013.5090%35%10%