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2004 ACF Fall - Packet by Texas A&M and Florida B - #4 [report this tossup]
This painting is based on a legend that dates back to the real life title event, which occurred in 1323, though those portrayed are depicted in the dress of the artist's time. Compositionally, it is divided into two sections, a more Venetian-based bottom half and a clearer Mannerist upper section drawn from the time after its artist left Venice. A series of men in black, with white lace at their necks stand behind the titular figure at the bottom, but perhaps more startling amidst the swirling figures at the top are Saints Stephen and Augustine. FTP, name this 1586 painting that depicts the interment of a noble, a masterpiece by El Greco.
Answer: The Burial of Count Orgaz
2000 ACF Regionals - Packet by Carleton A - #1 [report this tossup]
While in politics, he sold prisoners to the British for use in the American Revolution. He served under Duke Charles Augustus, despite Napoleon trying to lure him to France. While in Weimar he fell in love with Charlotte von Stein but in 1786 made a long visit to Italy, where he wrote the Roman Elegies. He then returned to Germany and became friends with Schiller. FTP, name this author of Elective Affinities, The Sorrows of Young Werther (VUR-ter) and Faust.
Answer: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (GUR-tuh)
2001 ACF Nationals - Packet by Michigan A - #7 [report this tossup]
It gained de facto independence from the Arabs in 798 and within a hundred years was on equal terms with neighbor Asturias. In the early Eleventh Century, its king Sancho III built an empire including all Christian Spain, from which Castile and Aragon were carved on his death. Centered around Pamplona, it was ruled by a series of French dynasties from 1234 to 1589. For 10 points--name this kingdom in the Pyrenees whose king became King of France in 1589.
Answer: Navarre