Piero di Cosimo
1461ish - 1521
Florentine
- Skunked Pietro da Cortona in Round 1.
- Lost -- but respectably -- to Pablo Picasso, in Round 2.
- Beat his contemporary Perugino in the Left Bracket Second Round.
- Beat Francis Picabia in the Left Bracket Second Round by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Jackson Pollock
1912 - 1956
American
- Defeated Antonio del Pollaiolo in Round 1.
- Beat Sigmar Polke by a single vote in Round 2. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Lost to Camille Pissarro in the Round 3 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Vote for the artist of your choice in the comments, or any other way that works for you. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting, but likely much longer.
Piero di Cosimo
ReplyDeleteYour headline promises Picasso, but your pictures deliver Pollock.
ReplyDeletedi Cosimo for my vote.
di Cosimo.
ReplyDeleteI don't dislike Pollock, but gee, fractal ballyhoo aside, it seems an awful lot of real estate going to one squiggly little gesture endlessly repeated. Di Cosimo for me.
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ReplyDeletePiero di Cosimo because it's people and not scribbles.
ReplyDeleteSusan votes for Piero di Cosimo by email.
ReplyDeletePollack!
ReplyDeleteI like the wacky renaissance of Piero di Cosimo, but will lean slightly to scribbler-extraordinaire Pollack.
ReplyDeletePOLLACK!
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ReplyDeleteSmitten with di Cosimo.
ReplyDeleteA big 20th century name falls, as Piero di Cosimo knocks out Mr. Pollack by a vote of nine to three. Pollack exits at 2-2, while Piero di Cosimo improves to 4-1 going into Third Round Elimination!
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