Round 6: Tossup 9

An artist from this movement responded to his breakup with Maria Zambuco by painting her as a woman who looms over a man trapped in a bush. Attractive models called “Stunners” were used by painters in this movement who denounced the works of “Sir Sloushua.” A red dove brings a white poppy (15[1])to a dying woman in a work from this movement inspired by Dante’s La Vita Nuova. Both (*) Beata Beatrix and a painting of a woman floating down a river (10[1])were modeled by (10[1])the wife of an artist from this movement, Elizabeth Siddal. John Everett (10[1])Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti were members of, for 10 points, what movement that argued an Italian painter ruined art? ■END■

ANSWER: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood [or the Pre-Raphaelites; or PRB]
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%33%0%77.83
Triangle Cup2026-03-13367%33%33%86.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13367%67%0%56.50
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-134100%50%0%71.75
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13580%40%0%67.00
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%0%0%88.00
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-244100%25%0%77.25
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-303100%33%0%82.67
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-195100%20%20%91.20
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-178100%75%0%64.88