The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Guardi v. Guercino!
Francesco Guardi
1712 - 1780
Venetian
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Guercino
1591-1666
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.
After Canaletto I can't get too excited about Guardi (though I think the works I saw last year were better than the two here) so I am voting for Guercino.
Oh, Guercino! I actually only like one each of the paintings for each guy, but the top Guercino painting (which actually looks to me like it's painted by a different guy than the second Guercino painting) gets me more than the Guardis.
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I don't really know either, but quickly google makes me say Guercino.
ReplyDeleteAfter Canaletto I can't get too excited about Guardi (though I think the works I saw last year were better than the two here) so I am voting for Guercino.
ReplyDeleteGuercino
ReplyDeleteI'll go with Guardi on this one.
ReplyDeleteGuardi this time.
ReplyDeleteGuercino.
ReplyDeleteI'm a sucker for skulls, but I also enjoy paintings of buildings and canals, enough so that I will vote for Guardi.
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Guardi
ReplyDeleteGuardi gets my vote for the arches, but it was a close one.
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy a good lovingly-rendered wrinkled forehead though.
Got a vote-by-mail for Guardi right here.
ReplyDeleteAnd here's my own vote for Guardi, too. I suspect Guercino might be a little more masterful, but by gum I just like the Guardi paintings better.
ReplyDeleteOh, Guercino! I actually only like one each of the paintings for each guy, but the top Guercino painting (which actually looks to me like it's painted by a different guy than the second Guercino painting) gets me more than the Guardis.
ReplyDeleteEt in Arcardia, Guardi! The landscapes have it by an 8-5 margin, and Guercino will have to try to struggle back through the wilds of the Left Bracket.
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