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Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Beauneveu v. Beccafumi

Andre Beauneveu
active 1361, died c.1402
French





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Domenico Beccafumi
c.1486 - 1551
Italian



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Vote for the artist of your choice!  Votes go in the comments.  Commentary and links to additional work are welcome.  Polls open for one month past posting.
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11 comments:

  1. Morgan4:45 AM, January 07, 2012

    I really like the books! I vote Beauneveu.

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  2. Christine M.5:45 AM, January 07, 2012

    Beccafumi

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  3. Jenners6:58 AM, January 08, 2012

    Neither are appealing but I'll go with Beccafumi

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  4. Elizabeth7:03 PM, January 08, 2012

    I like the both, the Beautiful Nephew and the Smoking Nose. While I'm a great fan of illumination, I think I'll have to vote for Beccafumi for the dreamy faces and the impudent nipple.

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  5. mrs.50008:41 AM, January 09, 2012

    OK, like the medieval illuminations a lot, but am smitten by the stagelit annunciation-by-the-sea. So one more for Beccafumi.

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  6. Voron X2:49 PM, January 09, 2012

    Neither of these *really* do it for me. But I'm going with Beccafumi. He's got a lot more complexity and dynamism and general beauty going on, even if it looks like many of his people are airbrushed. Man his style is "soft." I do like his "Fall of the Rebel Angels", especially the sinister looking Deity.

    http://www.artchive.com/web_gallery/D/Domenico-Beccafumi/Fall-of-the-Rebel-Angels-c.-1528.html


    BTW, It looks like Beauneveu was also an accomplished sculptor, so look at some of those works as well.

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  7. lamanyana4:22 PM, January 09, 2012

    Beauneveu, this time - though neither do a whole lot for me, either.

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  8. Nichim8:50 AM, January 10, 2012

    Beauneveu. Statues on incongruous architectural chairs, with thorns and words. Love it. Beccafumi is ok, and I like the look the angels are giving each other, but I take off a lot of points for the gratuitous nipple.

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  9. Jennifer3:41 PM, January 10, 2012

    OMG illuminations! And I love the contrast between Beauneveu's monochromatic aesthetic for the central figures and their seats and what I think of as the normal brightness of illuminations (not that I'm objecting to how colorful they usually are, assuming my stereotypes are even accurate).

    Believe it or not, I hadn't noticed the Beccafumi nipple. I was too busy admiring her feet and the way her sandals aren't quite wide enough in the forefoot. Also, I think she could palm a basketball.

    Beauneveu, s'il vous plait!

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  10. Michael50002:39 PM, January 14, 2012

    Despite the gentle sweetness of the Beccafumi annunciation, I'm going to say it's a slam dunk for Beauneveu in this battle of the (to me) unknowns.

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  11. Michael500010:14 AM, February 18, 2012

    Voting is closed on this one -- with a tie. They will face off against other tied artists later in the tournament.

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