Packet 9: Bonus 6
Kurt Erdmann developed a method for dating art based on the appearances of these works within Renaissance painting. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify these works, exemplified by one named for Ardabil that depicts ornate ovals surrounding a central medallion that is flanked by two lamps.
ANSWER: carpets [or the Ardabil Carpet; accept rugs]
[10e] This painter’s fondness of placing Turkish carpets led him to depict one on a shelf directly behind an anamorphic skull in his painting The Ambassadors.
ANSWER: Hans Holbein the Younger [or Hans Holbein der Jüngere; accept Holbein carpets]
[10m] A small Oriental rug appears on the floor near a bed in this 1434 painting that also features a convex mirror. The inclusion of a golden six-branched chandelier with a single candle may represent an allusion to this painting's title event.
ANSWER: The Arnolfini Wedding [or The Arnolfini Portrait or The Arnolfini Marriage or Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife]
<Fine Arts - Visual, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 09
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 16.25 | 78% | 75% | 10% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian Rift in the Sky | Basileus II: Electric Boogaloo | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Don't Ever Take Sides Against the Family | Leif Eriksen's Striking Appearance | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | M |
| Midnight Bus to Vista | Always Set the Kurve | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
| With Less Than 2 Years of Combined Quizbowl Experience | Taman's Nepo Babies | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| whatever | Heauton Timorumenos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VAULT II at Georgia Tech | 2026-01-24 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II at McGill | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| VAULT II at UCSB | 2026-03-13 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 60% | 60% | 20% |
| VAULT II Northern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| VAULT II Southern UK | 2026-04-24 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| VAULT II at Harvard | 2026-04-30 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 50% | 100% | 0% |
| VAULT II at MINT | 2026-06-19 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 60% | 80% | 0% |
| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 8 | 22.50 | 88% | 100% | 38% |