The Brackets!

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round Two: Hicks v. Hiroshige!

Edward Hicks
1780 - 1849
American

Beat Nicholas Hilliard in Round 1.








Andō Hiroshige
1797 - 1858
Japanese

Defeated Meindert Hobbema in Round 1 by a two-vote swing. 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.

15 comments:

  1. I was looking at the first Hicks and immediately thought "Hey! He copied that lion face from that other guy who did the lion-lies-down-with-the-lamb montage and ... [scroll scroll scroll] ... oh."

    But there was no contest in any event, at least for me: Hiroshige-san, mochiron-desu.

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  2. I missed the horrifying lion face! Which makes me really want to vote for Hicks, but not enough to counteract the actual-goodness of Hiroshige.

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  3. Hiroshige. And I'll work on catching up on my art voting.

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  4. Hiroshige! Boo to creepy animals!

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  5. I quite like Edward Hicks, actually. But the match belongs to his fabulous contemporary Hiroshige.

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  6. Hicks! And not just because the second picture hung on the wall when I was a little kid. Not just.

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  7. Michiel Matthijssen said...

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    Hiroshige definitely! over Hicks

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  8. Here's an emailed vote for Hicks.

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  9. Hiroshige for the win. I feel like these particular works leave a little to be desired, though.

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  10. And Hiroshige takes it in a great wave -- no wait, that's the other guy -- with a decisive 11-3 victory. Thanks for voting!

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