Question

The top of this diagram’s final version included the names of six artists and the headings “Japanese Prints,” “Synthetism,” and “Neo-Impressionism.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this 1936 diagram that traces the history of modern art from 1890 to 1925. It was created by, and is typically named for, the first director of the MoMA (“MO-muh”).
ANSWER: Alfred Barr’s diagram [or Alfred Hamilton Barr Jr.’s diagram; accept the cover of the catalog for Cubism and Abstract Art]
[10m] Barr’s diagram does not include submovements of Cubism, but does mention this related movement that began in Paris in 1912. This movement included František Kupka (“FRON-tsih-sheck KOOP-kah”) and an artist who painted several red versions of the Eiffel Tower.
ANSWER: Orphism [or Orphic Cubism] (The second artist is Robert Delaunay.)
[10e] Arrows coming from Cubism in Barr’s diagram point to both Suprematism and Constructivism, two abstract art movements that originated around 1912 in this country and continued in its successor state.
ANSWER: Russia [or Rossiya; or Russian Empire or Rossiyskaya Imperiya]

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Chicago APenn A0101020
Chicago CDuke A0101020
Cornell BNYU A0101020
Florida AToronto A0101020
Georgia Tech AMIT A0101020
Harvard AMaryland A010010
Indiana AColumbia B0101020
Iowa State ANorth Carolina A0101020
Johns Hopkins AChicago B010010
Michigan AIllinois A001010
Minnesota AHouston A0101020
Minnesota BGeorgia Tech B0000
Northwestern ABrown A001010
Ohio State AYale A0101020
Purdue AYale B001010
Rutgers AVanderbilt A001010
Texas AWUSTL B001010
UC Berkeley AImperial A0101020
UC Berkeley BColumbia A0101020
WUSTL ASouth Carolina A0101020