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Saturday, February 25, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Boccioni v. Böcklin

Umberto Boccioni
1882 - 1916
Italian




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Arnold Böcklin
1827 - 1901
German; worked in Italy



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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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17 comments:

  1. Rebel5:52 AM, February 25, 2012

    Arnold Bocklin... dude, centaurs fighting!

    I didn't like the 2nd painting of the first artist, it took me entirely too long to figure out those were even horses and i'm still not sure what's going on.

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  2. mrs.50009:37 AM, February 25, 2012

    Bocklin!

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  3. Elizabeth9:41 AM, February 25, 2012

    Umberto - I really really like the winged(?) horses (?), but the half-horses beating each other up was just sad.

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  4. Morgan11:05 AM, February 25, 2012

    These are both really cool! I like Boccioni better, though

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  5. Nichim1:46 PM, February 25, 2012

    I don't like either of them, but I dislike Boccioni less, on account of the very nice blue colors.

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  6. pfly6:45 PM, February 25, 2012

    Boccioni, love that old time futurism.

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  7. Candida10:02 PM, February 25, 2012

    Brace yourself! I'm going to vote for somebody whose paintings are less traditional, even though there's a fine traditional alternative! Please register one *shockingly daring* vote for Boccioni!

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  8. Jenners12:35 PM, February 26, 2012

    Boccioni

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  9. KarmaSartre2:49 PM, February 26, 2012

    Bocklin

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  10. UnwiseOwl4:28 PM, February 26, 2012

    Boccioni, bro, that dude is gettting mauled by a horse.

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  11. Voron X7:17 AM, February 27, 2012

    Boccioni, no question. As much as I love the classics, Bocklin's execution isn't doing it for me. Funny that Giger's homage to Bocklin's "Isle of the Dead" seems to be at least as famous as the original.

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  12. chuckdaddy10:40 PM, February 27, 2012

    When centaurs attack! No, not feeling it. Boccion it is

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  13. lamanyana6:48 AM, March 02, 2012

    Boccioni here as well.

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  14. Michael500012:22 PM, March 02, 2012

    There's a vote for Bocklin here -- "another weird and wonderful artist!" -- that was sent in on a Boccioni postcard! Cool.

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  15. Michael500012:24 PM, March 02, 2012

    Personally, though, I'm loving Boccioni. My vote's for him.

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  16. Christine M.7:06 AM, March 10, 2012

    Böcklin by a centaur's nose

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  17. Michael500012:20 PM, April 07, 2012

    Voting is now closed in this pairing.

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