The Brackets!

Thursday, January 15, 2015

The Infinite Art Tournament, First Elimination Round #34/64



Faceoff #1: Constable v. Lipchitz

John Constable
1776 - 1837
English

Tied with Thomas Cole in his initial Round 1 outing, in September 2012.
Lost to Ansel Adams in his second try at Round 1.



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Jacques Lipchitz
1891 - 1973
Lithuanian; worked in the U.S.A.

Lost to Jean-Étienne Liotard in Round 1.





Faceoff #2: Lippi v. Lochner

Filippino Lippi
1457 - 1504
Florentine

Lost to his father in Round 1.



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Stefan Lochner
1442 - 1451
German

Pounded by Lissitzky in Round 1.





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Please note that you may vote only once in each face-off.  Opining that both of the artists in one of the two face-offs is superior to the other is fine, but casting your votes for two artists in the same face-off is not permissible.

13 comments:

  1. Jacques "The Shit" Lipchitz
    Lippi

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  2. Constable and Lippi, strongly in both cases.

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  3. Constable and Filippino Lippi!

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  4. An emailed vote: Constable -- "so no contest" -- and Lippi.

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  5. No comment in the first pair, and Lippi in the second

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  6. Constable and Lippi, strongly in both cases, just like Morgan.

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  7. OK, time to close this one down. Constable ripped on Lipchitz 9-2. Technically, I could leave it open for a few weeks for the second match, but why bother? Lippi's 11-1 lead over Lochner isn't going away, so we'll just call it a "final tally" and be done with.

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