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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 3: Agasse v. Altdorfer

Jacques-Laurent Agasse
1767-1848
Swiss; worked in England
Defeated Modernist Josef Albers easily in Round 1.
Held off Renaissance sculpter Alessandro Algardi in Round 2.






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Albrecht Altdorfer
c.1480-1538
German
Defeated Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema by a single vote in Round 1.
Crushed American minimalist sculpter Carl Andre in Round 2.





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18 comments:

  1. pfly12:13 AM, March 06, 2012

    Altdorfer--I really like those kind of landscapes, cloudscapes...leafscapes?

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  2. lamanyana7:41 AM, March 06, 2012

    Altdorfer - I love the new one this time around.

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  3. Nichim8:43 AM, March 06, 2012

    Yeah, Altdorfer. Sorry, picnicers, I've got to go for the glory here.

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  4. UnwiseOwl3:00 PM, March 06, 2012

    It's gotta be Agasse.
    That dude just drew a giraffe.
    Giraffes is funniest.

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  5. Jenners5:15 PM, March 06, 2012

    Agasse … because of the animals.

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  6. Morgan6:05 PM, March 06, 2012

    Agasse. Better colors.

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  7. Elizabeth6:23 AM, March 07, 2012

    This was difficult, but I'm sticking with the kitties and voting for Agasse.

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  8. Candida7:05 AM, March 07, 2012

    I'm with the Altdorfer crowd on this one--he had me at the leafscape, even before I noticed the woman with the lily and the megaphone in the foreground of the last picture. (I realize the megaphone could be something else, like the carrying case of a musical instrument. That'd be okay too.)

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  9. mrs.500010:12 AM, March 07, 2012

    Yeah, I'm definitely voting with the Altdorfer bloc on this one. You gotta love The Little Knight in the Big Woods. I like Agasse, though--maybe if the cutesy picnic scene had been a pack of wolves, he would have had me.

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  10. Christine M.7:12 AM, March 10, 2012

    Agasse. Love me some giraffes.

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  11. Michael50007:58 AM, March 10, 2012

    I think I'm going to pull for Altdorfer here for the first entrant in the Round of 128.

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  12. Michael50004:10 PM, March 30, 2012

    Here's an email vote for Altdorfer.

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  13. chuckdaddy11:05 PM, April 03, 2012

    Altdorfer

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  14. Voron X3:19 PM, April 19, 2012

    This is hard, because I don't think I voted for either of these in Round 1. Altdorfer's epicness is awesome, but his other work is hit or miss. I'm not a huge fan of Middle Ages/Rennaissance painting anyway. But his work is more dynamic (or maybe its complex athat I mean)than Agasse's, despite the fine execution of the latter. So, a grudging vote for Altdorfer.

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  15. Alison9:46 PM, May 30, 2012

    Altdorfer for me! I like the third piece.

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  16. Leonardo Piccioni6:28 AM, June 16, 2012

    Altdorfer.

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  17. Alison10:09 PM, July 01, 2013

    Altdorfer - better everything except color

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  18. Michael50004:10 PM, July 27, 2013

    Even considering that Odduck and Alison are actually the same person, Altdorfer has more than enough votes to finally wrap this one up, passing Agasse with a score of 11-5. On to Round Four!

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