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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Left Bracket Second Round: Gentile da Fabriano v. Hockney!

Gentile da Fabriano
c.1370 - 1427
Italian

Clobbered by Artemisia Gentileschi in Round 1.
Got by the 20th Century's Mark Gertler in an amazing comeback in First Round Elimination. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!





David Hockney
Born 1937
British; works in United States
  • Beat Howard Hodgkin in Round 1.  YOUR VOTE COUNTS!
  • Tied with Switzerland's Ferdinand Hodler in Round 2.
  • Lost to Jacques-Louis David in the Round 2 tiebreaker.





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, but likely much longer.
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17 comments:

  1. Elizabeth12:32 AM, September 30, 2014

    Gentile da Fabriano. MY VOTE COUNTS!

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  2. DrSchnell6:24 AM, September 30, 2014

    Hockney. MY VOTE COUNTS TOO, AND JUST CANCELLED OUT ELIZABETH'S!

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  3. Chuckdaddy6:44 AM, September 30, 2014

    Hodler

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  4. Morgan8:48 AM, September 30, 2014

    Hodler for me, too! My second choice would be Hockney.

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  5. Ben12:23 PM, September 30, 2014

    Hockney, I guess. Sorry, Elizabeth.

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  6. Christine M.3:14 PM, September 30, 2014

    Gentile da Fabriano

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  7. Chuckdaddy3:59 PM, September 30, 2014

    An attempt to make my vote not count? Err, I'll go with Hockney.

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  8. Dr. Kenneth Noisewater7:36 PM, September 30, 2014

    Second guy for sure. I like that one of the pool. I call it "Phantom Cannonball."

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  9. Elizabeth12:50 AM, October 01, 2014

    Hey ....

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  10. mrs.500010:29 AM, October 02, 2014

    Hockney's work is inventive, appealing, and of our time. Da Fabriano's work--what comparatively little has survived--is exquisitely rendered and not of our time. For me, it has a gentleness and mastery of detail that bridges the centuries quite beautifully. Da Fabriano has my vote.

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  11. Michael50003:48 PM, October 03, 2014

    I feel like a real Philistine voting against Gentile da Fabriano, especially after what the missus just said, but I think I'm going to have to go for Hockney on the strength of the photomontage thing.

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  12. Michael50003:50 PM, October 03, 2014

    To err is human, Chuckdaddy.

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  13. pfly9:45 AM, October 12, 2014

    In this case I'm overriding my kids' vote and saying Fabriano.

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  14. Nichim6:10 AM, October 17, 2014

    Hockney

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  15. Michael50009:21 PM, October 23, 2014

    Here's an emailed vote for Hockney.

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  16. Candida7:29 PM, November 27, 2014

    Fabriano

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  17. Michael500010:16 AM, November 23, 2015

    And after a year and change, it's finally time to shut this one down. It closes with Mr. Hockney on top, 8 votes to 5. He'll get back into the action tomorrow.

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