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Saturday, January 28, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Bellotto v. Bellows

Bernardo Bellotto
1721 - 1780
Venetian; worked internationally



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George Bellows
1882 - 1925
American



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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 at least one month past posting.
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16 comments:

  1. Christine M.5:24 AM, January 28, 2012

    going to go with Bellows. He's a Columbus boy.

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  2. Jenners8:36 AM, January 28, 2012

    Bellows.

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  3. Dr. Kenneth Noisewater12:32 PM, January 28, 2012

    I have seen the boxing one before and really like it, but I have to go with the naked orgy one because it reminds me of Caligula.

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  4. Nichim3:45 PM, January 28, 2012

    Bellows. I love underpants.

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  5. Morgan5:57 PM, January 28, 2012

    Bellotto.

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  6. Candida8:28 PM, January 28, 2012

    Bellotto, per piacere.

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  7. UnwiseOwl5:35 PM, January 29, 2012

    Sorry Mr. Bellotto, but that Bellows fellow has painted a dude totally punching another dude. Pugilism and painting is an excellent combination.

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  8. mrs.50007:52 PM, January 29, 2012

    Of course I love me a good urban landscape, but, well...this time I gotta go with the guy who can paint two men turning into meat.

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  9. Chuckdaddy10:50 PM, January 30, 2012

    I like both, but really like Bellows. Really interesting. It inspired a google search!

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  10. pfly11:08 PM, January 30, 2012

    Mark up another for Bellows. I don't know if I like the boxing ones all that much, but he did some great scenes of New York City that I definitely like a lot.

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  11. lamanyana8:09 AM, January 31, 2012

    I would say, after looking at more works, that I like Bellotto more consistently (I'm a sucker for detailed pictures of buildings), but that there are a couple Bellows works that may edge above that bar (especially this one - http://portland.thephoenix.com/arts/84820-summer-people/)

    Since it looks like Bellows is likely to win anyway, I'll give my vote to Bellotto.

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  12. mhwitt9:46 PM, January 31, 2012

    Bellows. Barely.

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  13. Michael500012:07 PM, February 03, 2012

    Here's a emailed vote for Bellotto.

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  14. Michael500012:29 PM, February 06, 2012

    Bellotto, barely.

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  15. Voron X7:52 AM, February 23, 2012

    Bellotto, also barely. This was very hard.

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  16. Michael50008:46 AM, March 10, 2012

    Voting is closed in this pairing.

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