Saturday, June 2, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Canova v. Caravaggio!

Antonio Canova
1757 - 1822
Italian



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Caravaggio
1571 - 1610
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 at least one month past posting.

19 comments:

pfly said...

Caravaggio Caravaggio Caravaggio!

Christine M. said...

Caravaggio

Elizabeth said...

Canova for the win(g).

Rebel said...

Canova! Cupid & Psyche for the win!

mrs.5000 said...

No one knows how to point a finger like Caravaggio! One surly and boisterous vote for the master of light and dark!

Nichim said...

Caravaggio

Morgan said...

Wow! This a surprisingly strong matchup. I'll go Caravaggio because of the really good lighting, but I expect either one will go far in their respective brackets.

Leonardo Piccioni said...

Sorry Canova, I like your work, but Caravaggio is Caravaggio!

There will be a Caravaggio exposition in my city next July, and I'm very excited with the opportunity.

Michael5000 said...

I've got a vote-by-email for Caravaggio.

Jenners said...

Canova. Begrudgingly.

Anonymous said...

Caravaggio

Alison said...

Caravaggio!

Chuckdaddy said...

No doubting on this one. Caravaggio for sure!

Anonymous said...

Tough Call but Caravaggio gets my vote.

Rebel said...

LOL - Mrs. 5K, you need to teach an Art Appreciation class.

lamanyana said...

Since I can't decide and Caravaggio is ahead, I'll cast my vote for Canova.

Candida said...

I hope this doesn't make you lose any respect you might have had for my integrity, but, while most days I would sanely admit that Caravaggio is the better artist, I'm going to give my vote to Canova. Between the delightful Cupid and Psyche and the way he's handled the fabric on the mattress in the second one, I'm going to give him a vote of respect. Then I'll go vote for him some more in the so-called "left bracket."

Michael5000 said...

Anonymous and Anonymous, you have to give an ID for your vote to count! I need to make that more clear somehow.

Anyhoo, Canova has some serious sculpting chops. But Caravaggio, natch.

Michael5000 said...

And this pairing is closed for voting. Canova put up a spirited showing, but Caravaggio ran off with it in the end.