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Saturday, January 14, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Beckmann v. Bellini

Max Beckmann
1884 - 1950
German; worked in Netherlands and U.S.



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Gentile Bellini
c.1429 - 1507
Venetian



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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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16 comments:

  1. Christine M.7:13 AM, January 14, 2012

    Beckmann

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  2. Morgan9:08 AM, January 14, 2012

    I like Beckmann.

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  3. Elizabeth12:15 PM, January 14, 2012

    Beckmann for sure. Kinky! Weird! Much more interesting than popes in the river.

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  4. Nichim11:12 AM, January 15, 2012

    Beckmann!

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  5. dhkendall6:26 PM, January 15, 2012

    I kind of like Bellini's better, but Beckmann gets the vote merely because on first glance I thought the top row of art was comic book panels, and that's geeky enough to demand a vote.

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  6. Rebel7:57 PM, January 15, 2012

    Bellini.

    The other guy is creepy, scary & has issues. Although, it is generally a better idea to let those people get it out via art than, you know, world domination.

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  7. dhkendall9:49 PM, January 15, 2012

    @Rebel: Hate to Godwinize things, but Hitler got his creepiness, scariness, and issues out by art and still tried the world domination route anyways ...

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  8. Chuckdaddy10:43 PM, January 15, 2012

    Beckman! Liked bellinis first but not into the baby halo thing.

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  9. lamanyana5:36 AM, January 16, 2012

    yep- Beckmann

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  10. mrs.500010:16 AM, January 16, 2012

    saints or devils, saints or devils...this is a tough one. It looks like the Beckmanns have it sewn up. But I quite like Bellini--and love a good Venetian crowd scene with underwater saint--so will cast a minority vote for age and beauty.

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  11. UnwiseOwl3:56 PM, January 16, 2012

    I love Bellini's buildings, he gets my vote.

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  12. Voron X7:10 AM, January 17, 2012

    Beckmann is tortured and has issues, sure, but I love it. He is interesting, to say the least. Bellini is a snooze-fest.

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  13. Candida1:20 PM, January 17, 2012

    Bellini, though with recognition that it's not a terribly enthusiastic vote at this point.

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  14. Michael50009:29 PM, January 19, 2012

    We've got an email vote here: "I take Beckmann over Bellini -- I've always liked Beckmann"

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  15. Michael500010:32 PM, January 22, 2012

    I'm going with... Bellini!

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  16. Michael500010:15 AM, February 18, 2012

    Voting closed -- Beckmann takes the first round easily.

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