Question

A felt sculpture of a black sheep is pinned to a painting by Monika Thiele (“TEE-luh”) depicting one of these subjects painted directly over a marketplace scene. Jürgen Glaesemer (“YUR-ghen GLAY-sim-er”) interpreted a W-shape as the breasts of one of these subjects, whose eyes point in two different directions in a painting with a title assuring they are “still feminine.” One of these subjects has a red watercolor heart in a lithograph depicting one of them “serving a small breakfast.” One of these subjects sits with its eyes closed in a simple drawing that calls it “forgetful.” About 50 drawings of these subjects were made in one artist’s final months of life, during which he also painted Death and Fire. A print of one of these subjects “is staring into the past (10[1])while being irresistibly propelled into the future” according to Walter Benjamin (“VALL-tuh BEN-yah-meen”), who called it one of these beings “of history.” For (-5[1])10 points, a painting by Paul Klee (“clay”) calls what type of being “new,” or “Novus”? ■END■

ANSWER: angels [or guardian angels or Engeln; accept genius or genii; accept Angelus Novus or New Angel or the angel of history; prompt on nurses by asking “what is the nurse called in the title of that piece?”] (The first line refers to Engel des alten Testaments (in Anlehnung an Paul Klee). The Paul Klee works referenced are: Angel Still Feminine, A Guardian Angel Serves a Small Breakfast, and Forgetful Angel.)
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech ACornell A12810
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BPenn A149-5

Summary

2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y250%0%50%128.00