The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Hunt v. Ingres!
Readers and voters: Today we begin our journey into the artists whose first name begins with "I".
William Holman Hunt
1827 - 1910
British
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Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
1790 - 1867
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.
Happy musicians again, yay! Especially when combined with cute sheep, though admittedly not in the same painting. My vote goes to Hunt and his lascivious pianist.
Hunt is a bit obvious, and I feel like I should dislike him, but I do kind of enjoy the in-my-face color. I don't know much about Ingres, so I poked around and tried to find something to get excited about, but outside of the folds of the dress in image #2, no luck.
So different! There's something so weird about the way the people are balancing on each other in those Hunt paintings. I wonder if they're all like that. It makes them that much more surreal. But still: Ingres for me.
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Happy musicians again, yay! Especially when combined with cute sheep, though admittedly not in the same painting. My vote goes to Hunt and his lascivious pianist.
ReplyDeleteHunt by a landslide for me.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a long, long time since I've said this, but we've got a vote from the FB syndication: Ingres.
ReplyDeleteIngres
ReplyDeleteI was slightly leaning Ingres and then after some google image searching, I'm majorly Ingres. Outside of the first Hunt, not a fan.
ReplyDeleteHunt seems fun, but Ingres seems better. And better is better than fun!
ReplyDeleteHunting Ogres?
ReplyDeleteI'm in
Ingres that is
I'll vote for the more vivid colors of Hunt.
ReplyDeleteHunt is a bit obvious, and I feel like I should dislike him, but I do kind of enjoy the in-my-face color. I don't know much about Ingres, so I poked around and tried to find something to get excited about, but outside of the folds of the dress in image #2, no luck.
ReplyDeleteI'm goin' with Hunt.
Oh, Hunt is just too...Well, anyway, Ingres for me.
ReplyDelete..and a vote-by-mail for Ingres!
ReplyDeleteHmm. Hunt!
ReplyDeleteSo different! There's something so weird about the way the people are balancing on each other in those Hunt paintings. I wonder if they're all like that. It makes them that much more surreal. But still: Ingres for me.
ReplyDeleteSuch exciting battling back-and-forth, but in the end Ingres pulls away just enough to take it on a two-vote swing, 8-6.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the votes!