Today's match closes down the Left Bracket Third Round, which means that the eight bracket sheets on which the bulk of the Infinite Art Tournament was played out are now all closed. It's basically all endgame from here on out. Mostly, the paintings should be pretty easy on the eyes.
Leaving us this week -- the last guys to be heartbroken that they didn't make it to the semis -- are Wright of Derby (3-2; 38 vf, 20 va), whose remarkable .655 voting "batting average" puts him in third place among the 438 artists who have left the Tournament, and Lord Frederick Leighton (2-2-4; 47-52, .475), who will almost certainly be the artist who tied the most times.
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!!!
- Lost to Michelangelo in Round 3.
- Crept past Wright of Derby by a single vote in the Left Bracket Third Round. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
Quentin Massys
1465ish - 1530
Dutch
- Defeated Masolino in Round 1.
- Decisively defeated Jan Davidsz de Heem in Round 2.
- Lost to Henri Matisse in Round 3.
- Tied with Joan Miró in the Left Bracket Third Round -- YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Beat Lord Leighton in a second try at the Left Bracket Third Round.
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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.
Rebecca votes for Velazquez immediately on Facebook.
ReplyDeleteOh, go, Velázquez!
ReplyDeleteVelázquez
ReplyDeleteThere can be no doubt. I love Massys, but it's time. Velázquez.
ReplyDeleteVelazquez.
ReplyDeleteVelázquez.
ReplyDeleteVery obviously Quentin Massys, interested to hear from everyone above me what it's like to be so incorrect
ReplyDeleteIt feels pretty good.
ReplyDeleteGrace goes for "the Big V."
ReplyDeleteMariah goes for Valazquez on FB as well.
ReplyDeleteAnd Susan votes for Velazquez by mail.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Morgan. Shocked this isn't a Massys rout.
ReplyDeleteVelazquez
ReplyDeleteI'm with The Big V, and although I'm not above Morgan I can report that it feels terrific to be so wrong!
ReplyDeleteAnd that wraps things up, with a final voting tally of Velazquez 11, disbelieving Massys supporters 2. Massys has an honorable exit -- they're all honorable exits at this point -- and Velazquez continues on to a tough tough match against Van der Weyden. They're all tough tough matches at this point.
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