1821 - 1893
English
Defeated Marcel Broodthaers in a Round 1 contest that went down to the last vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Defeated Agnolo Bronzino in a Round 2 contest that also went down to the last vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Pieter Bruegel (the Elder)
c.1525 - 1569
Dutch
Trounced his own son, Jan Bruegel the Elder, in Round 1.
Won easily against living artist Daniel Buren in Round 2.
Vote for the artist of your choice in the comments, or any other way that works for you. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting.
Brown is very good. My one major complaint about is art is that the amount of detail, with his style of heavily contrasting objects from one another, gives a very visually cluttered effect. Against previous artists this was no problem. Against Bruegel, who appears to be quite good at including heavy levels of detail while maintaining a rather smooth aesthetic, this is a problem that, in my opinion, loses him this match-up straight away.
ReplyDeleteI did really like the picture with the couple on what appears to be a ship. It seems to capture emotion better than all of the other paintings combined. Still, that edge gained by Brown is nullified by the grin that the pickpocket painting puts on my face (and it has a bunch of symbolism and stuff, according to Wikipedia). Also, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus is one of my favorite works that I've discovered so far in this tournament.
Anyway, Bruegel gets my vote!
Pieter Bruegel (the Elder)
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, I don't really get all the Pieter Bruegel love. His pictures feel flat to me and the people seem to be shaped oddly. As Bruegel continues to romp through the tournament, hopefully I'll get more enlightened. But still, I actively dislike Foxy Brown and his weirdly- colored possessed people. Bruegel (The old one) for me as well
ReplyDeleteBruegel, definitely. He's much more interesting.
ReplyDeleteBruegel.
ReplyDeleteBruegel! One of my favorites. I love the detail and the oddity.
ReplyDeleteBrown. I am quite taken with the baby who has freakishly long legs and who is trying to hypnotize a sheep.
ReplyDeleteOh, easy. Bruegel.Thank you.
ReplyDeleteBruegel! Of course! And once again I concur with the remarks of budding art scholar Morgan.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Bruegel overall, although that couple of Brown's (I think of them as in a carriage) is extremely expressive.
ReplyDeleteAn email vote for P. Bruegel.
ReplyDeleteBruegel for me too although I have a problem with the perspective in the Icarus painting - either Icarus's legs are 20 feet long or the ship is tiny.
ReplyDeleteI am really liking Ford Madox Brown. And I vote for Bruegel, of course.
ReplyDeletePoor Brown! Gotta go with Bruegel (and the crowd) on this one.
ReplyDeleteBrown! I can't quite bring myself to love Bruegel; lots of his work looks kind of flat to me somehow. Still a difficult matchup, though; I would feel more guilty about voting Brown if there wasn't an overwhelming number of votes for Bruegel already. And also sheep
ReplyDeleteAnd that does it for Bruegel/Brown. Bruegel will advance into tough competition; Brown will be waiting for at least half a year before competition in the Left Bracket catches up to him.
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