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Susan writes: "At first I thought -- this is the weirdest pair ever. But then I looked again at all the pictures & thought -- hold on, both artists are ultra-realists, among the most realistic the competition has ever presented. Both putting forward their clear-cut idea of their time, also in both cases idealized. So, I'll vote for MofM, but this is why the Tournament is so much fun."
That middle M of M kind of rocks my socks off, but so does the top Rockwell. Not so much for the narrative line, nor for the economy with which it creates not only an entire diner but something of an entire town around it, but mostly for the hard-bitten counterman, a guy who has tasted disappointment and failure and, though he is not above smirking at the innocence of a child, is not without kindness while he's doing it.
You still don't find Rockwell in a lot of the Serious Art Books, but he's doing just fine here in the Infinite Art Tournament. He has just dispatched the Master of Moulins, nine votes against two.
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ReplyDeleteAh yup, Norman Rockwell.
ReplyDeleteTough call. And I'm trying to divorce myself from dinging Rockwell for familiarity, but I just really love those Moulins.
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ReplyDeleteSusan writes: "At first I thought -- this is the weirdest pair ever. But then I looked again at all the pictures & thought -- hold on, both artists are ultra-realists, among the most realistic the competition has ever presented. Both putting forward their clear-cut idea of their time, also in both cases idealized. So, I'll vote for MofM, but this is why the Tournament is so much fun."
ReplyDeleteThat middle M of M kind of rocks my socks off, but so does the top Rockwell. Not so much for the narrative line, nor for the economy with which it creates not only an entire diner but something of an entire town around it, but mostly for the hard-bitten counterman, a guy who has tasted disappointment and failure and, though he is not above smirking at the innocence of a child, is not without kindness while he's doing it.
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ReplyDeleteYou still don't find Rockwell in a lot of the Serious Art Books, but he's doing just fine here in the Infinite Art Tournament. He has just dispatched the Master of Moulins, nine votes against two.
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