Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Saturday December 21. For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.
Last Week's Results
1. Holbein: 5
1. Daubigny: 5
3. Carpaccio: 4
3. Perugino: 4
3. Canaletto: 4
6. Francis: 3
6. Copley: 3
This Week's Contest
Luca Giordano
1632 - 1705
Italian
Tournament Record: Tied for 370th. Lost to Giorgione and Giulio Romano. 9 votes for, 15 against (.375).
Robert Campin
1375ish - 1444
Flemish
Tournament Record: Tied for 370th. Lost to Canaletto and Canova. 9 votes for, 15 against (.375).
Eugène Boudin
1824 - 1898
French
Tournament Record: Tied for 370th. Lost to François Boucher and Dieric Bouts. 9 votes for, 15 against (.375).
Vittore Carpaccio
died 1526
Venetian
Tournament Record: Placed 381st. Beat Caro and Carrà, then lost to Cassatt and Canova. Lowest-ranked ladder artist with two wins in the main Tournament. 18 votes for, 31 against (.367).
- Placed Fourth, Week #49.
- Tied for Third, Week #50.
Perugino
1447ish - 1523
Italian
Tournament Record: Tied for 383rd. Lost to Francis Picabia, beat Max Pechstein, then lost to Piero di Cosimo. 11 votes for, 19 against (.367).
- Placed Third in Week #47.
- Tied for First, Week #49.
- Tied for Third, Week #50.
William Merritt Chase
1849 - 1916
American
Tournament Record: Tied for 439th. Beaten by Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin and Christo. 6 votes for, 14 votes against (.300).
- Placed Second, Week #26.
- Tied for First, Week #27.
- Placed First, Week #29.
- Placed First, Week #31.
- Tied for Second, Week #33.
- Tied for Second again, Week #34.
- Tied for First, Week #35.
- Placed First in Week #37.
- Placed First in Week #39.
- Placed First in Week #41.
- Tied for First in Week #43.
- Placed First in Week #45.
- Placed First in Week #47.
- Placed First in Week #49.
Canaletto
1697 - 1768
Italian (Venetian); also worked in England
Tournament Record: Placed 448th. Beat Robert Campin, then lost to Caravaggio and Alexander Calder. 7 votes for, 17 votes against (.292).
- Placed First in Week #24.
- Placed First again in Week #26.
- Placed First again in Week #28.
- And again in Week #30.
- And again in Week #32.
- And again in Week #34.
- And again in Week #36.
- And again in Week #38.
- And again in Week #40.
- Tied for First in Week #42.
- Tied for First again in Week #44.
- Tied for Second in Week #46.
- Placed Fourth in Week #47.
- Placed Fourth in Week #48.
- Tied for Second, Week #49.
- Tied for Third, Week #50.
Cast up to four votes in the comments by Friday morning!
9 comments:
Boudin, Carpaccio, Chase, Canaletto
I thought this would be easy voting this week since I dislike Giordano and thought I disliked Campin. But Campin's actually great! As you've mentioned before, the IAT image algorithm is just screwing him over. I vote that you just pull that awful first one!
Carpaccio continues to grow on me. He seems so not of his time. He actually reminds me of art in current graphic novels. Which sounds both like faint praise and an insane compliment.
Perugino forever!
I like Boudin and Chase! But between those guys and Daubigny, how many blurry en plain air can the ladder handle? I'll go with Campin, Carpoaccio, Perugino, and Boudin.
Boudin, Giordano, Chase, and Canaletto
Boudin, Carpaccio, Chase, and Canaletto
I gotta take the guy who did the first one. An aging Cyclopse blasts a sleeping Sabretooth in the face with an energy blast. BOOM!
Wait, Chuckdaddy comments on here? I had almost forgotten all about him. I miss those blogging days. : (
It is good to have Dr. Noisewater stopping by again.
So, what it is, is, I'm going to vote for Perugino of course, and then also Campin; I completely agree with Chuck that Campin is much better than he comes off in his first two images.
Then, I'm going to vote against Giordano and Carpaccio, completely without malice. They are both fine painters whose paintings just don't do it for me: Carpaccio is just too stiff for my taste, and Giordano is... let's say not stiff enough.
Carpaccio, Perugino, Chase.
Campin, yes! May I point out that he is Flemish, not Italian? Perugino is the other stand-out for me in this very fine crowd. Giordano is just too too for me, but am glad to see he has some supporters on his way out.
Susan says "Carpaccio (I love the pink Annunciation), Chase & Canaletto.
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