The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Bougereau v. Beccafumi!
Awesome voters, it's time for another artist to jump from the Play-In Tournament to the IAT proper. Here's Adolphe William Bouguereau making his entrance against Domenico Beccafumi, who has been waiting for a tiebreaker ever since January 2012.
Adolphe William Bouguereau
1825 - 1905
French
Finished Second in Phase 1, Flight 2 of the Play-In Tournament with a voting score of .733. Finished First in Phase 2, Flight 2 of the Play-In Tournament with a voting score of .455.
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Love the Madonna's face in the second Beccafumi... ("I'm sorry, Madonna, you're such a big star...")
But Bouguereau did two things I don't think of myself as particularly a fan of -- soft-core pornography and sentimental scenes of childhood -- both very well. And in such a way that it doesn't even seem creepy. A favorite museum bookstore moment was buying a collection of Albers and one of Bouguereau in the same purchase. I haz range!
Bourguereau appears to be a "second half artist" -- after quite a bit of back and forth in the early voting, his support kicked in strong and he walked to a 10-3 victory.
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Bouguereau and naked ladies on the beach. Too bad about the first girl's foot, though.
ReplyDeleteI am a huge Bouguereau non fan. Something about his pictures are so creepy... And pointless. Just take a picture! So a strong vote for Becafumi.
ReplyDeleteOh, and he was born in 1825.
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Bouguereau!
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ReplyDeleteLove the Madonna's face in the second Beccafumi... ("I'm sorry, Madonna, you're such a big star...")
ReplyDeleteBut Bouguereau did two things I don't think of myself as particularly a fan of -- soft-core pornography and sentimental scenes of childhood -- both very well. And in such a way that it doesn't even seem creepy. A favorite museum bookstore moment was buying a collection of Albers and one of Bouguereau in the same purchase. I haz range!
Bouguereau.
Bourguereau appears to be a "second half artist" -- after quite a bit of back and forth in the early voting, his support kicked in strong and he walked to a 10-3 victory.
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