Along with the "Elite Eight" artists who have no losses going into Round Seven, there are sixteen artists in the Left Bracket's Sixth Round who have only one loss apiece -- let's call them the "Successful Sixteen." Here's the first of the eight matches that will winnow them down to the "Also Quite Exceptional Eight."
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| There's a tradition that this figure is a self-portrait. |
Hieronymus Bosch
c.1450 - 1516
Dutch
It is quite a feat that a Dutchman who painted 500 years ago remains one of the most notable apocalyptic painters of the world and one of art’s first visionary geniuses. Hieronymus Bosch is most celebrated for his detail-drenched and symbolic narrative renditions of the dance between heaven and hell through biblical-themed landscapes upon which play a revolving cast of fantastical, and often macabre humans, animals, monsters, and make-believe creatures. His paintings demonstrate our age-old tales of morality and the eventual fate of all sinners who succumb to the pleasures and perversity of the ego. These timeless stories, masterfully portrayed upon canvas in Bosch’s impeccably steady hand, continue to challenge interpretation as well as position the artist as one of the canon’s first original thinkers.
- The Art Story
- Trounced Paris Bordone in Round 1.
- Escaped upset by French installation guy Christian Boltanski in Round 2 by a single vote. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!
- Held out against the English engraver-poet William Blake in Round 3.
- Lost to sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini in Round 4.
- Trounced Giuseppe Arcimboldo in the Left Bracket Fourth Round.
- Beat Sandro Botticelli in Left Bracket Fourth Round Elimination.
- Beat Balla easily in Left Bracket Round 5.
- Crushed Fra Angelico in Left Bracket Fifth Round Elimination.
Gustave Caillebotte
1848 - 1894
French
Impressionists such as... Gustave Caillebotte enthusiastically painted the renovated city, employing their new style to depict its wide boulevards, public gardens, and grand buildings.... Caillebotte’s 1877 Paris Street, Rainy Day exemplifies how these artists abandoned sentimental depictions and explicit narratives, adopting instead a detached, objective view that merely suggests what is going on. - The Met's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
- Defeated mobile pioneer Alexander Calder in Round 1.
- Held out against Edward Burra in Round 2.
- Fought to a draw with Caravaggio in Round 3.
- Crushed Corot in the Round 3 tiebreaker.
- Blasted Mary Cassatt in a Round 4 15-0 blowout.
- Beat Frederick Church easily in Round 5.
- Lost to Edgar Degas in Round 6.
12 comments:
This one was tough for me. I like the first guy because some of those works look like Slayer albums, but I really have to go with the second guy. I absolutely love that last one. It's in the Art Institute in Chicago.
Both of these artists would get my vote over pretty much every other artist that is left on the left. I guess I'll lean just slightly Caillebotte.
Caillebotte.
On Facebook, we've got Mariah for Caillebotte, Jennifer P. for Caillebotte, and Jen P's daughter for Bosch.
And Shu-Ju for Bosch!
Caillebotte. Suck it, Bosch, I hate you.
Sorry Bosch. This is as far as you go.
One vote for Caillebotte here.
Don't listen to them, Hieronymous! You'll always be my first art-historical love!
Tough one! Bosch.
Susan votes for Bosch.
Oh, this hurts! But I'm going to go with Caillebotte.
OK, let's see here... Eight for Caillebotte, and... six for Bosch... Is that right? It's right! It's right! Caillebotte has upset Hieronymous Bosch! Caillebotte will be one of the last sixteen standing!!!
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