Saturday, February 25, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Boccioni v. Böcklin

Umberto Boccioni
1882 - 1916
Italian




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Arnold Böcklin
1827 - 1901
German; worked in Italy



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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 at least one month past posting.

17 comments:

Rebel said...

Arnold Bocklin... dude, centaurs fighting!

I didn't like the 2nd painting of the first artist, it took me entirely too long to figure out those were even horses and i'm still not sure what's going on.

mrs.5000 said...

Bocklin!

Elizabeth said...

Umberto - I really really like the winged(?) horses (?), but the half-horses beating each other up was just sad.

Morgan said...

These are both really cool! I like Boccioni better, though

Nichim said...

I don't like either of them, but I dislike Boccioni less, on account of the very nice blue colors.

pfly said...

Boccioni, love that old time futurism.

Candida said...

Brace yourself! I'm going to vote for somebody whose paintings are less traditional, even though there's a fine traditional alternative! Please register one *shockingly daring* vote for Boccioni!

Jenners said...

Boccioni

KarmaSartre said...

Bocklin

UnwiseOwl said...

Boccioni, bro, that dude is gettting mauled by a horse.

Voron X said...

Boccioni, no question. As much as I love the classics, Bocklin's execution isn't doing it for me. Funny that Giger's homage to Bocklin's "Isle of the Dead" seems to be at least as famous as the original.

chuckdaddy said...

When centaurs attack! No, not feeling it. Boccion it is

lamanyana said...

Boccioni here as well.

Michael5000 said...

There's a vote for Bocklin here -- "another weird and wonderful artist!" -- that was sent in on a Boccioni postcard! Cool.

Michael5000 said...

Personally, though, I'm loving Boccioni. My vote's for him.

Christine M. said...

Böcklin by a centaur's nose

Michael5000 said...

Voting is now closed in this pairing.