Round 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 adapted its central figure as a personification (-5[1])of Truth in his later work The Calumny of Apelles. The Uffizi Gallery (15[1])holds this painting, whose title figure is depicted (15[1])in the (*) Pudica pose. A cloak is held out by a Hora of Spring (10[1])to cover this painting’s nude central figure, who stands atop a pink seashell. For 10 points, the title (10[1])goddess is shown rising from the ocean in what painting by Sandro Botticelli? ■END■ (10[1])

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