Packet 7: Tossup 19

Wilhelmina Jashemski used this material to reconstruct the garden in the House of Julius Polybius. Carved stone and this material made up the furniture and decorations in the Tomb of the Reliefs. This material is the surface in an artwork nicknamed for “spring” and showing primary colored hills covered in lilies, sometimes called the first landscape painting. (-5[1])Red earth tones depict bloodletting rituals on this material found in Teotihuacan homes. The term giornata refers to a section of this material applied in a single day. (-5[1])A flotilla, (10[1]-5[1])saffron gathers, and boxing youth were painted on a (-5[1])fine layer of this material over stone walls found on Santorini. Paint tends to flake (-5[1])off (-5[1])surfaces of this material (10[1])when painted (10[1])dry using the (10[1])secco (10[2])technique. (10[1]-5[4])For 10 points, pigment (-5[1])is applied to still-wet examples of what (10[2])lime-based materials in frescos? (10[2])■END■ (10[8]0[1])

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