Faceoff #1: Piper v. Pisano
John Piper
1903 - 1992
British
Lost to Pisanello in Round 1.
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Andrea Pisano
1290ish - 1348
Florentine
Lost to Camille Pissarro in Round 1.
Faceoff #2: Poliakoff v. del Pollaiolo
Serge Poliakoff
1906 - 1969
Russian; worked in France
Lost to Sigmar Polke in Round 1.
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Antonio del Pollaiolo
1430ish - 1498
Florentine
Lost to Jackson Pollock in Round 1.
Vote for the two artists of your choice! Votes generally go in the comments, but have been known to arrive by email, by postcard, or in a sealed envelope.
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.
Pisano and del Pollaiolo
ReplyDeletePiper and Pollaiolo
ReplyDeleteAfter some googling, definitely John Piper! Nice stained glass windows! And stuff. And in the other match up, um, er, Pisano.
ReplyDeleteOops, I meant Pollaiolo in the 2nd matchup.
ReplyDeleteMariah says Piper on FB.
ReplyDeletePiper and Pollaiolo!
ReplyDeleteHave I mentioned recently how much I TOTALLY LOVE THE INFINITE ART TOURNAMENT?
I mean, my kid has this idea that a person can only love one other person or creature, such that he can love me but I can't love him because I love Manny (our cat). And if it were that way about things on the internet, I would choose the Infinite Art Tournament as my one and only love object. (And I might even choose it over my cat.)
Piper and... I just can't bring myself to vote for the artist who made that strange "My hands are trees!" picture.
ReplyDeletePisano for me on top. I am actually going to swing Poliakoff on bottom.
ReplyDeletePiper and del Pollaiolo
ReplyDeletePisano and Poilakoff.
ReplyDeleteSusan says "#1 - Piper #2 - Pollaoilo The Ps continue not to distinguish themselves."
ReplyDeletePiper and Pollaiolo!
ReplyDeleteI'll go with Piper, which is a hard choice, and with Poliakoff, which is an easy choice.
ReplyDeletePisano and del Pollaiolo.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm afraid you have arrived too late to vote in this match, because voting has ended. When the dust settled, Piper had nine votes to Pisano's four, and Pollaiolo had eight to Poliakoff's three. Maybe Piper and Pollaiolo will meet in Second Round Elimination! But I doubt it.
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