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Renaissance paintings of Christ with this trait inspired a two-word Latin phrase coined by Leo Steinberg in a book partly titled for “Modern Oblivion.” Ten men with this title trait fight in front of dense (10[1])vegetation (10[1])in an engraving (10[1])by the (10[1])Florentine goldsmith Antonio del Pollaiuolo (“poll-eye-WO-lo”). John (10[1])Berger wrote that one term for this trait is a state of being whereas a synonym is a conventionalized (10[1])artistic (10[1])construct, responding (10[1])to a “Study (10[1])of Ideal (10[1])Art” titled for (10[1])a subject with this trait by Kenneth (10[1])Clark. (10[1])Daniele (10[1])da Volterra (10[1])removed depictions of this (10[2])trait, (10[2]-5[1])earning (10[1])the nickname (10[4])Il Braghettone, (10[4])in edits to (10[1])Michelangelo’s (10[1])Last Judgment (10[1])made after (10[1])the (10[1])Council (10[1])of Trent (10[2])condemned (10[1])this trait’s (10[1])depiction (10[2])in religious art. (10[3])For 10 points, (10[1])Renaissance artists often (10[1])avoided depicting what (10[1])trait via the inclusion of fig leaves? (10[1])■END■ (10[11]0[1])

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