Round 2: Tossup 9

A painting from this movement depicts a couple in the background standing on a parapet while the title figure draws in front of a broken window. In a self-portrait, an artist from this movement (10[1])“hesitates” between music and painting. A sword (10[1])hangs on an armrest in a portrait from this movement, in which a clock’s arms can be seen pointing to 4:13 a.m. Chemical instruments sit on a red velvet cloth in a painting from this movement that depicted Antoine Lavoisier (“an-TWAHN luh-vwahz-YAY”) and his wife. (10[1])The names “Carolus Magnus” and “Hannibal” appear on a rock in the foreground of a painting from this movement showing a leader pointing while atop a white horse. For 10 points, name this 18th-century art movement that included Angelica Kauffman and the artist of Napoleon Crossing the Alps, Jacques-Louis David. ■END■

ANSWER: neoclassicism [or word forms like neoclassical; reject “classical”] (The first painting is Portrait of Charlotte du Val d’Ognes by Marie-Denise Villers.)
<UCLA B, Painting and Sculpture> | Packet B - Queens A, UCLA B, Edinburgh B, St. Georges A
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (North)Main Site3100%0%52.00
CanadaMain Site1080%10%98.88
FloridaMain Site367%0%81.50
Great LakesMain Site5100%20%91.40
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site989%11%108.63
MidwestMain Site875%38%111.67
NortheastMain Site560%40%74.67
OverflowMain Site4100%0%54.75
South CentralMain Site250%0%83.00
SoutheastMain Site786%14%91.33
UKMain Site6100%17%70.83
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site8100%0%83.88
Upstate NYMain Site4100%0%91.00