Question
Lorenzo Costa the Elder painted an allegory of the coronation of this ruler of Solarolo, who appears as Minerva in the 1502 painting Triumph of the Virtues, which she commissioned. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this noblewoman from Ferrara who collected ancient art in her Studiolo in Mantua’s Palazzo Ducale. Titian painted this woman wearing an ermine zibellino and a balzo headdress.
ANSWER: Isabella d’Este [accept Allegory of Isabella d’Este's Coronation; accept Isabella d’Este in the Realm of Harmony or Isabella d’Este nel regno di Armonia; prompt on Isabella or d’Este]
[10e] Triumph of the Virtues was painted by this Mantua-based painter who used foreshortening in his Dead Christ.
ANSWER: Andrea Mantegna
[10h] Mars and Venus stand atop a natural arch in a Mantegna painting made for Isabella’s Studiolo and titled for this place. Mantegna himself stands between Titian and Veronese in a frieze named for this place carved by Henry Hugh Armstead and John Birnie Philip.
ANSWER: Parnassus [or Mount Parnassus; or Parnassós; accept Frieze of Parnassus or Parnassus Frieze]
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia B | Florida A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Harvard A | Chicago A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Imperial A | North Carolina A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Indiana A | Purdue A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa State A | Virginia A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Maryland A | Minnesota A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toronto A | WUSTL A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |