As the tournament enters its later stages, if it appears that there will be an unresolved tie in a particular round, the final match of that round will not be held, but will be treated as if it were a tie, and its artists played against the artists from the unresolved tie...The Unresolved Tie Rule was used for the first time on Saturday to bring us the unexpected match of Metsu v. Zorn. And may the best painter win! Today, we continue the madness with a match that might have been... well, I shan't editorialize. We continue the madness with Michelangelo v. Valázquez!
Michelangelo
1475 - 1564
Italian
Beat Sir John Everett Millais by a single vote in Round 1. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Beat Spanish painter Joan Miró in Round 2.
Tied with Gabriel Metsu in his first try at Round 3.
Diego de Silva y Velázquez
1599 - 1660
Spanish
Tied with Victor Vasarely in his first try at the First Round.
Defeated Marcel Duchamp in the final match of Round 1.
Beat Francisco de Zurbarán in Round 2 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.
12 comments:
Velázquez
This is tougher than I thought it would be. But that statue pushed me over the edge. Michelangelo.
Michelangelo
Velázquez
Michelangelo and then some.
Yeah, if this was a painter v. painter contest, I might champion Velázquez. But it's a sculptor/architect/painter v. painter, and Michelangelo deserves to carry the day without breaking into a sweat.
Susan goes with Velázquez.
Michelangelo, for his diversity, though Velasquez is pretty rad.
Man alive, Third Round is way to early for this. I guess I'll go with Michael.
Rebecca hates herself for going with Michaelangelo on FB.
Michelangelo, without much need for deliberation.
And the Third Round closes with Michelangelo breaking away from Velázquez and taking the match, eight votes to three. He'll take on Lord Leighton in Round Four!
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