Round 12: Tossup 18

A figure speculated to be this painting’s only woman appears in a white robe near a man (10[1])driving away three youths carrying a scroll. Guerino Mazzola analyzed a drawn six pointed star in this painting on a small chalkboard. This painting is housed with the artist’s Parnassus and La Disputa (10[1])in the Stanza della Segnatura (“sen-yah-TOO-rah”). A man in this painting lays on some stairs and reads a paper underneath a massive honeycomb-decorated hallway. One of the two central figures in this painting holds a (10[1])copy of his Nicomachean Ethics while the other, likely modeled after Leonardo Da Vinci, points upwards towards the sky. (10[1])For 10 points, Plato, Aristotle, and (10[1])other philosophers appear in what fresco by Raphael? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: The School of Athens [or La Scuola di Atene]
<Editors, Painting and Sculpture> | Packet L
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Southern CaliforniaMain6100%17%72.67
Eastern Canada (2)Main9100%11%74.56
Great LakesMain12100%8%62.17
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain6100%0%79.17
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain1283%17%63.20
MidwestMain9100%11%60.33
NortheastMain12100%0%69.58
PacificMain9100%0%79.78
SoutheastMain12100%8%71.08
Upstate NYMain560%0%93.67
UK (North)UK580%40%96.25
UK (South)UK875%50%98.00