Giovanni Pietro Bellori - 2025 ACF Nationals

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This writer compared Francois Duquesnoy’s (“dew-kay-NWAH’s”) sculpture of Saint Susanna to the Doryphoros and called Duquesnoy equal to the greatest ancient sculptor. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this writer, who was inspired by writing the introduction to Baglione’s (“bal-YOH-nay’s”) series on the Lives of Artists to publish his own 17th-century set of biographies, including ones on Caravaggio and Rubens.

ANSWER: Giovanni Pietro Bellori [or Giovan Pietro Bellori or Gian Pietro Bellori]

[10e] During his time in this city, Duquesnoy was known as “The Fleming.” Other Baroque era sculptures in this city include The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa and many commissioned by Urban VIII.

ANSWER: Rome, Italy [or Roma; accept the Vatican City]

[10m] Francois Duquesnoy made four angels for this sculpture, which was primarily designed by his teacher. The four twisted columns of this structure are decorated with bees symbolizing the Barberini family.

ANSWER: Baldacchino di San Pietro [accept St. Peter’s Baldachin or L’Altare di Bernini]

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Conversion

Team	Opponent	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Total	Parts
Chicago A	WUSTL A	0	10	0	10	E
Illinois A	UC Berkeley A	0	10	10	20	EM
Johns Hopkins	Harvard	0	10	10	20	EM
LSE	UC Berkeley B	0	10	10	20	EM
Maryland	North Carolina B	0	10	10	20	EM
Minnesota	Iowa State	0	10	10	20	EM
Northwestern	Columbia A	0	10	10	20	EM
Penn State	Florida	0	10	0	10	E
Rutgers	Indiana	0	10	10	20	EM
Stanford	North Carolina A	10	10	10	30	HEM
Virginia	Illinois B	0	10	0	10	E
Waterloo A	Toronto A	0	10	0	10	E
Waterloo B	NYU	0	10	10	20	EM
Yale	WUSTL B	0	10	0	10	E

Summary

Tournament	Exact Match?	Heard	PPB	Easy %	Medium %	Hard %
2025 ACF Nationals	Yes	14	17.14	100%	64%	7%