Faceoff #1: Mondrian v. Rodin
Piet Mondrian
1872 - 1944
Dutch
Tied with László Moholy-Nagy in his first try at Round One.
Lost to Sir William Orpen in a second try at Round 1, by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
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Auguste Rodin
1840 - 1917
French
Upset by Alexander Rodchenko in Round 1. By a single vote! YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Faceoff #2: Romney v. Rosselli
George Romney
1734 - 1802
English
Lost to Salvator Rosa in Round 1.
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Cosimo Rosselli
1439 - 1507
Florentine
Lost to James Rosenquist in Round 1 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
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.
Faceoff 1 kills me, but Rodin. Not for the works pictured, but for an intense experience I had with his work at the Met once.
ReplyDeleteAnd Romney, for no creepy unrealistic babies.
Rodin, Romney
ReplyDeleteRodin, Roselli.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Mondrian.
Rodin, Romney
ReplyDeleteRodin for the top and bottom matches.
ReplyDeleteWell Mondrian up top of course, and then on the bottom there's the question of whether I'd be voting for Romney or for his subject in the top painting, whom I could probably crush on without too much trouble. On the other hand, with Rosselli, I'd be voting for a round painting basically; also, his John the Baptist looks like how I picture Samwise, Frodo's aide de camp in Lord of the Rings. Where are we again? Oh right: Mondrian and Romney.
ReplyDeleteRodan enthusiastically, Rosselli unenthusiastically
ReplyDeleteRodin, I think. And Romney.
ReplyDeleteRodin and Romney.
ReplyDeleteMondrian and...eh, Romney.
ReplyDeleteSusan votes-by-mail for Mondrian and Romney.
ReplyDeleteModrian and Romney
ReplyDeleteTwo of the biggest surprises for me personally in the Tourney to date arrive in the top bracket: (1) Rodin not only beats but trounces Mondrian, and (2) Mondrian goes two and out. Mondrian? What? Well, democracy is full of surprises!
ReplyDeleteIn the lower bracket, Romney whups it up on Roselli, whoever they are.
Thanks for the votes and the surprises!
I guess Mondrian wasn't technically two-and-out. 2-0-1, he was.
ReplyDeleteHeh, even after writing the above, I went to the next round and set it up as if Mondrian had won. (It's fixed now, of course.) Still getting my head around this whole "Rodin won" thing!
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