"Semifinals" designates the Fourth to Seventh Rounds of the Infinite Art Tournament. This is a Left Bracket Fourth Round Match between Georges Braque (4-1, 47-37, .578) and Caravaggio (3-1-1, 45-29, .608). Leaving the Tournament after losing to Braque is Maurice Denis (3-2, 35-29, .547), whose voting ratio is the 10th best of the 208 artists who have now left the Tournament.
Georges Braque
1882 - 1963
French
- Defeated Modernist sculptor Constantin Brancusi in Round 1 in a thrilling come-from-behind one-vote dust-up! YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Languished for the better part of a year before the discovery that his victory was miscalculated as a tie.
- Made it past Germany's Otto Dix in Round 2.
- Lost to Richard Diebenkorn in Round 3 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Broke away from Dosso Dossi in the Left Bracket Third Round.
- Beat Maurice Denis in Left Bracket Third Round Elimination by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Caravaggio
1571 - 1610
Italian
- Defeated sculptor Antonio Canova in Round 1.
- Crushed likeable landscape specialist Canaletto Round 2.
- Fought to a draw with Gustave Caillebotte in Round 3.
- Edged out Spaniard Salvador Dali in a Round 3 tiebreaker by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Beaten by Edgar Degas in Round 4.
12 comments:
Caravaggio.
Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Well this isn't hard. I like Braque, but not *that* much. Caravaggio!
Yep. I quite like Braque, and yet I'm definitely for Caravaggio.
I also like Braque, but man, Carvaggio for shizzle!
It kind of seems to depend on which Caravaggio shows up. I've got no affection for the first and last images here, but the in-between are awfully good. Braque is a little steadier among these five, but... well... yeah. Caravaggio.
Yep, Caravaggio
Susan casts a vote-by-mail for Braque.
Caravaggio for me.
Caravaggio!
Braque doesn't have a chance in this one, falling to Caravaggio by a crushing ten votes to 1. He'll leave the Tournament with an enviable record of 4-2.
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