Packet 5: Tossup 22

In this painting, a woman draped in a blue mantle (-5[1])reaches her right arm towards the horizon as she turns her face to her right, while a narrow red cloth wrapped around her accentuates her twisted posture. In this painting, the artist’s signature is included on a gold cup lying on a yellow cloth crumpled up on the ground behind a King Charles (-5[1])Spaniel, who may be the commissioner’s pet. Ovid and Catullus are the two main sources (15[1]-5[1])for this painting, (-5[1])which depicts (-5[1])Corona Borealis in an (*) ultramarine sky while (10[2])a small ship heads away to the horizon. (10[1])In (-5[1])this painting, a man wrapped with a snake (-5[2])and a woman clashing cymbals (10[2])march in a raucous procession behind (10[1])a naked god (10[1]-5[2])who leaps out of a chariot (10[1])pulled by (10[1]-5[1])two (10[1])cheetahs. (10[4]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[1])name this painting by Titian (10[1]-5[1])depicting (-5[1])the god of (-5[1])wine encountering (-5[1])a woman on Naxos. ■END■ (10[19]0[3])

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