Denis has won three straight to stay alive in the perilous Left Bracket. Meanwhile, Donatello's early successes slammed to a halt with a humiliating 1-11 loss to Dürer. What will happen when these somewhat different artists collide? Let's find out!
Maurice Denis
1870 - 1943
French
- Lost to Paul Delvaux on the last vote in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Squeaked by Andre Derain in First Round Elimination by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Piled up votes versus Otto Dix in the Left Bracket Second Round.
- Lit it up all over Constantin Brancusi in Left Bracket Second Round Elimination.
Donatello
c.1386 - 1466
Florentine
- Slaughtered Domenichino in Round 1 in the Tournament's first ever unanimous decision.
- Outlasted the colorful Kees Van Dongen in Round 2.
- Was crushed by Albrecht Dürer in Round 3.
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16 comments:
Maurice Denis is just so CHEERFUL! And French! And except for Smirky McPenisBoy, I am finding Donatello's work rather a downer this morning.
So, Denis.
p.s. I'll never have a paying gig as an art critic, will I?
Denis
Denis
I saw the title and was pretty sure my vote was going to Donatello instead of the-guy-whose-name-I-didn't-recognize. This morning, however, the colors are speaking to me today. So, as seems to be the trend so far, I'll vote for Denis over the more famous guy.
Yeah, I like Maurice Denis.
Denis.
Tough choice, but I'm going to go with Donatello, contrary to all previous votes.
I was going to say I like Denis but Donatello, come on, Donatello. Then I saw everyone voting for Denis and had second thoughts. But on third thought, Donatello, because, come on, Donatello.
Denis. But I think small digital pictures of paintings are pretty much always going to beat small digital pictures of sculptures for me. Because I have a really limited real-life knowledge of visual art in general I'm just focusing on the pictures presented in these matchups and I think the sculptors come out quite poorly. So it goes.
Donatello, because, come on, Donatello.
Denis
For some reason, I'm not liking either of these as much as before, which surprises me. But Donatello gets my nod.
Here's an emailed vote for Donatello.
I generally fall for sculpture, and Donatello is so expressive, not bound to being too realistic. I like.
It's an upset! Despite, you know, Donatello, Denis takes the contest 8 votes to 6! Never a dull day at the IAT.
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