Question

An artwork depicting this action was wrapped by a mile of string in an artistic intervention by Cornelia Parker. A “Gate of [this action”] is included with The Table of Silence and the Infinity Column at Târgu Jiu (“TER-gu zhoo”). Those works’ artist, Constantin Brâncuși (“bran-KOOSH”), created another Proto-Cubist sculpture titled for this action (10[1])that depicts rectangular figures made of limestone. (10[2])A sculpture originally part of The Gates of Hell titled for (-5[1])this action (-5[1])depicts the nude couple Francesca and Paolo. For 10 points, two embracing lovers (10[1]-5[1])in an Auguste Rodin (“oh-GOOST roh-DAN”) sculpture (10[1])perform what title intimate (10[1])action? (10[1])■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: kissing [accept obvious equivalents; accept The Kiss or Le Baiser; accept The Gate of the Kiss or Poarta sărutului] (The Parker sculpture is The Distance (A Kiss With String Attached) which wrapped Rodin’s The Kiss.)
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY888%0%38%74.29
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2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY6100%0%33%69.50
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anna KuangCornell ESyracuse5010
Kritanu SahaCornell ABinghamton A5710
Jude Mejia-VazquezRIT CCornell G5710
Tom ScheriRIT ABinghamton B68-5
Will HooverRIT BCornell F70-5
Joseph TabaskoBinghamton CPenn State83-5
Pranaav SenthilkumarCornell CU of Rochester B8310
Elizabeth LarkinCornell FRIT B8810
Riley ShermanESFCornell D9210
Bianca Van ZileBinghamton BRIT A9310
Sam HofeckerPenn StateBinghamton C940