The Brackets!

Thursday, January 7, 2016

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Pontormo v. Popova!

First Round First Week continues with -- of course -- another First Round contest.



Jacopo Pontormo
1494 - 1556
Florentine



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Ljubov Popova
1889 - 1924
Russian



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Vote for the artist of your choice! Votes go in the comments. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting.

12 comments:

  1. First image from both artists. Ok, fine, Popova.

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  2. I love Pontormo and those colors! Popova.

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  3. I'll go with Popova.

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  4. Susan casts a vote-by-mail for Popova.

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  5. I doubt Pontormo was aiming for a feeling of whimsy, but that's what I'm getting, and I like it.

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  6. I doubt Popova was aiming to best Pontormo, specifically, but that's what she's done here today. She takes the match eight votes to three, and marches toward the Second Round.

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Voting in the Infinite Art Tournament? Awesome. And, please be aware that purely anonymous votes are not counted. You don't need to log in or use your real name, but you must identify yourself in some fashion for your vote to count.