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Saturday, May 11, 2013

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Gaddi v. Gainsborough!

Taddeo Gaddi
c.1300 - 1366
Florentine



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Thomas Gainsborough
1727 - 1788
English



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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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14 comments:

  1. Candida5:22 AM, May 11, 2013

    Although I tend not to be as much of a fan of portraits, I think Gainsborough has some great ones. Gaddi's okay, but I'm going to go with Gainsborough.

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  2. Chuckdaddy7:35 AM, May 11, 2013

    Gaddi

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  3. Christine M.7:40 AM, May 11, 2013

    Gaddi. I'm a sucker for early Renaissance stuff.

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  4. pfly12:34 PM, May 11, 2013

    Hmm, some googling and I still couldn't decide. After a bit more Gainsborough won me over with his landscapes, like this one:
    http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seashore_with_Fishermen-1781-1782-Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg

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  5. Morgan12:42 PM, May 11, 2013

    I'm usually not a huge fan of Renaissance art, but I'm liking Gaddi enough for him to get my vote.

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  6. Nichim6:58 AM, May 12, 2013

    Ooo, ooo, Gaddi Gaddi Gaddi!

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  7. Michael50006:56 PM, May 12, 2013

    Reporting an email vote: "This is a hard vote. I will go for Gainsborough, because I like taffeta dresses, but feel sure Gaddi will hang in there for awhile."

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  8. lamanyana7:36 PM, May 12, 2013

    Gaddi for me!

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  9. Bob10:58 PM, May 12, 2013

    Gainsborough.

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  10. Elizabeth12:00 PM, May 14, 2013

    Hey, good lookin' - I've been painted by Gainsborough.

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  11. mrs.50003:45 PM, May 15, 2013

    Ooh, toughie. I was all ready to vote for Gainsborough and the whole "people and their land" thing, but then I went back and looked at more Gaddi, and I'm going to go with him.

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  12. Michael50009:52 AM, May 18, 2013

    I vote for vote for Gainsborough and the whole "people and their land" thing.

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  13. Alison9:50 PM, July 01, 2013

    Gainsborough

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  14. Michael50006:04 AM, August 05, 2013

    Alison is the tiebreaker, carrying Gainsborough into Round Two by a 7-6 margin. Voting is closed in this one.

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