Round 2: Tossup 5

A suitor breaks a branch on his knee in a painting by this artist that resembles Perugino’s Marriage of the Virgin. This artist painted a man with a pensive expression on a green background in his Portrait of Pope Julius II, who also commissioned (-5[1])a set of rooms named for this artist in the Apostolic (15[1])Palace. This artist’s paintings decorate the (*) Stanza della Segnatura, (10[2])including a depiction (10[1])of an enthroned Jesus presiding over the Disputation (10[1])of the Holy Sacrament. In a fresco by this artist, (-5[1])four men watch Euclid (-5[1])draw a circle as Plato (10[2])points (10[1])upward (10[1])while Aristotle (10[1])gestures forward. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this painter of The School of Athens. (-5[1])■END■ (10[5]0[1])

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