Tuesday, October 22, 2013

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round Two: Goya v. El Greco!

Phase 2, Flight 1 of the Play-In Tournament closes October 25!



Francisco Goya
1746 - 1828
Spanish

Scored a decisive victory over Jan Van Goyen in Round 1.







El Greco
1541 - 1614
Greek; worked in Italy and Spain

Defeated Florentine master Benozzo Gozzoli in Round 1 in a contest that went down to the last vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!







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.

13 comments:

Christine M. said...

Francisco Goya

Morgan said...

Goya!

Ben said...

El Greco

Elizabeth said...

El Greco.

mrs.5000 said...

Two of the three big artists from my high school Spanish class go head to head! I vote for Goya! I feel like these selections trot out the best of El Greco, but only hint at Goya's many strong suits. I know there are rules, but wish I was looking at the 3rd of May, or other favorites.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater said...

Goya all the way. I like his third one right there, "Village Cowers Before Giant Naked Angry Man!"

Chuckdaddy said...

Domenico the Greek in a landslide! As in a personal landslide

lamanyana said...

El Greco for me.

pfly said...

Oh my, I don't know. What did mrs.5000 say? Goya? Ok--no wait! I'm won over by El Greco's "View of Toledo", which almost looks like a Cezanne, but nearly 400 years older.

Michael5000 said...

El Greco for me, on the strength of that first landscape. Both of these guys seem quite dark in all ways, and I struggle a little to like 'em.

Michael5000 said...

A vote over the email transom for Goya.

Candida said...

Ooh, tough one! Goya.

Hmm. It wasn't as hard as I expected.

Michael5000 said...

It is my duty and honor to inform you that Goya and El Greco have been found to be locked in a 6-6 tie. Since there is no other match currently waiting for a tiebreaker in the Second Round, this branch of the brackets will be put on hold for the time being!