Round 4: Tossup 1

This artist painted multiple frescoes of his patron, including one of him planning the conquest of Siena and another of him being crowned with an oak wreath in an Apotheosis. Luca Martini commissioned this artist to depict a group including Dante and Petrarch in Six Tuscan Poets. (10[1])This artist based his painting of The Holy Family on a version by his teacher, Andrea del Sarto. Federico Zuccari finished (10[1])this artist’s Last Judgement fresco (-5[1])on the ceiling of the Florence Cathedral. This artist designed a namesake loggia in Arezzo and a passageway connecting the (10[1])Palazzo (10[2])Pitti (10[2])and the Palazzo Vecchio (10[1]-5[1])(“VEK-yo”). This designer of the Uffizi first recorded (10[2])the anecdotes of (10[1])Brunelleschi’s egg and Giotto’s (10[1])perfect (10[1])circle. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1])name this artist who profiled his Renaissance (10[1])peers in The Lives of the Most (10[1])Excellent (10[1])Painters, Sculptors, and Architects. ■END■

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