Saturday, July 7, 2012

Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Cellini v. Cézanne

Benvenuto Cellini
1500 - 1571
Florentine



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Paul Cézanne
1839 - 1906
French



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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.

14 comments:

Leonardo Piccioni said...

It's the kind of match I hoped only occur on the long future.

Cézanne is more famous (at least where I live), but Cellini is more talented, for me. My vote is for Cellini!

Michael5000 said...

Leonardo, today is the first of a series of four matches that are going to be downright brutal. There are at least four very well-known artists among the eight -- and only two can survive the third round.... This is where it gets interesting!

As long as I'm talking, I'll be fairly conventional and throw in my vote for Cézanne. He's never been a big favorite, but he's grown on me in recent years.

Chuckdaddy said...

Ce la vie Cellini. A strong vote for the fluid awesomeness that is Cezanne.

Morgan said...

Cézanne makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside, so although both artists are talented I'll vote for him.

mrs.5000 said...

Cezanne's the man.

pfly said...

Cézanne, the father of us all.

lamanyana said...

yep, I'm going with Cézanne, too.

Mm Mud said...

I feel a partiality for sculpted figures...I'll go Cellini.

Alison said...

Maybe I feel safer with the solidity of Cellini's works here - I'll vote for Cellini!

Christine M. said...

Cezanne. Or as one of our art students called him, Say-zanny.

Candida said...

Cellini. He's not great, but I don't see the appeal with Cezanne. Everything feels... flat. I mean, not just "it's a two-dimensional medium, silly" flat, but without depth. Without humanity. I like his colors a lot of the time, but I've only seen a couple of paintings I find compelling.

Michael5000 said...

A vote-by-postcard: "Poor, poor Cellini, so overmatched by CEZANNE."

(which I am now reading as "Say-zanny." THANKS A HEAP CHRISTINE M.!!!

Michael5000 said...

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Michael5000 said...

And Cezanne makes it easily into the second round with an 8-3 victory Cellini. This pairing is now closed for voting.