Saturday, January 7, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Beauneveu v. Beccafumi

Andre Beauneveu
active 1361, died c.1402
French





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Domenico Beccafumi
c.1486 - 1551
Italian



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Vote for the artist of your choice!  Votes go in the comments.  Commentary and links to additional work are welcome.  Polls open for one month past posting.

11 comments:

Morgan said...

I really like the books! I vote Beauneveu.

Christine M. said...

Beccafumi

Jenners said...

Neither are appealing but I'll go with Beccafumi

Elizabeth said...

I like the both, the Beautiful Nephew and the Smoking Nose. While I'm a great fan of illumination, I think I'll have to vote for Beccafumi for the dreamy faces and the impudent nipple.

mrs.5000 said...

OK, like the medieval illuminations a lot, but am smitten by the stagelit annunciation-by-the-sea. So one more for Beccafumi.

Voron X said...

Neither of these *really* do it for me. But I'm going with Beccafumi. He's got a lot more complexity and dynamism and general beauty going on, even if it looks like many of his people are airbrushed. Man his style is "soft." I do like his "Fall of the Rebel Angels", especially the sinister looking Deity.

http://www.artchive.com/web_gallery/D/Domenico-Beccafumi/Fall-of-the-Rebel-Angels-c.-1528.html


BTW, It looks like Beauneveu was also an accomplished sculptor, so look at some of those works as well.

lamanyana said...

Beauneveu, this time - though neither do a whole lot for me, either.

Nichim said...

Beauneveu. Statues on incongruous architectural chairs, with thorns and words. Love it. Beccafumi is ok, and I like the look the angels are giving each other, but I take off a lot of points for the gratuitous nipple.

Jennifer said...

OMG illuminations! And I love the contrast between Beauneveu's monochromatic aesthetic for the central figures and their seats and what I think of as the normal brightness of illuminations (not that I'm objecting to how colorful they usually are, assuming my stereotypes are even accurate).

Believe it or not, I hadn't noticed the Beccafumi nipple. I was too busy admiring her feet and the way her sandals aren't quite wide enough in the forefoot. Also, I think she could palm a basketball.

Beauneveu, s'il vous plait!

Michael5000 said...

Despite the gentle sweetness of the Beccafumi annunciation, I'm going to say it's a slam dunk for Beauneveu in this battle of the (to me) unknowns.

Michael5000 said...

Voting is closed on this one -- with a tie. They will face off against other tied artists later in the tournament.