Packet 11: Tossup 1

The face of a figure in this painting is used on the reverse of Italian 10-cent coins. A young woman with wings on the top left corner of this painting was argued by Giorgio Vasari (-5[1])to be the personification (15[1])of Aura. (-5[1])The artist of this painting (-5[1])adapted its central figure as a personification (-5[1])of Truth in his later work (15[1])The Calumny (15[1])of Apelles. (15[1]-5[1])The Uffizi (-5[1])Gallery (15[1])holds this (15[1])painting, (15[2])whose title figure (15[1])is depicted (15[1])in the (*) Pudica pose. (-5[1])A cloak is held out by a (-5[1])Hora of Spring (10[1])to cover (10[1])this painting’s nude central figure, (10[1])who stands atop a pink seashell. (10[2])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])the title (10[1])goddess is shown rising from the ocean in what painting (10[1])by Sandro Botticelli? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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