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.

17 comments:

Elizabeth said...

Gentile da Fabriano. MY VOTE COUNTS!

DrSchnell said...

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

Chuckdaddy said...

Hodler

Morgan said...

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

Ben said...

Hockney, I guess. Sorry, Elizabeth.

Christine M. said...

Gentile da Fabriano

Chuckdaddy said...

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

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater said...

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

Elizabeth said...

Hey ....

mrs.5000 said...

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.

Michael5000 said...

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.

Michael5000 said...

To err is human, Chuckdaddy.

pfly said...

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

Nichim said...

Hockney

Michael5000 said...

Here's an emailed vote for Hockney.

Candida said...

Fabriano

Michael5000 said...

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.