Saturday, August 18, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Claesz v. Claude Lorraine

Pieter Claesz
1590 - 1661
Dutch




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Claude Lorraine
1600 - 1682
French; worked in Rome



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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.

16 comments:

Christine M. said...

Pieter Claesz. You know me, I can't resist a good vanitas.

Elizabeth said...

Claesz! We need more random assemblages of things here.

Nichim said...

Pretty much a tie, but I'll go with Claesz. I have quite a collection of photographs of "the mess on my table," so I can relate.

lamanyana said...

"Vanitas," huh? I learned a new word. I, too, have always been a fan of the genre and will vote for Claesz.

Rebel said...

Pieter Claesz - I loves me some Dutch still life!

pfly said...

Never heard of either before. I will buck the trend here and say Claude Lorraine. I like those seascapes and ships.

Morgan said...

This is one of the hardest matchups I've seen. I came into this knowing that the winner of this would likely be going up against Church (another artist I very much enjoy) and feeling sorry for said artist's likely second-round loss. However, both of these artists seem like they could give Church a run for his money (at this point I don't think I could tell the victor of either of the two hypothetical matchups).

Against each other, I'm having similar difficulties deciding which one I like better. On the top of the bracket, we have some of the most emotionally evocative still-lifes I've ever seen. On the bottom, we have landscapes that are both somehow serene and lively. I'm going to vote for Ciaesz, because I enjoy his darker take on the still-life genre (especially that skull painting! Wow!)

Chuckdaddy said...

Claesz

Jenners said...

Claesz

DrSchnell said...

I usually don't like still life, but hey, skulls! Still, gotta go with the Lorraine on this one.

mrs.5000 said...

Yeah, I wanna give Claude Lorraine plenty of credit for expanding the horizons (ha) of landscape painting. But I just really dig Pieter Claesz's grim tablescapes. "Death Comes for the Compass" and "The World Is Your Breakfast" are just both so lovely. He has my vote.

Mm Mud said...

I like them both but I'm going with water, boats, and tall buildings instead of still, abstract art that generally appeals to me. Lorraine.

Michael5000 said...

An email vote for "Claude Lorraine over Claesz."

Candida said...

Claesz--the upside-down glass, and the quill with the dried ink on the nib, and the key on the ribbon--definitely compelling!

Michael5000 said...

Hmm, it would appear that I forgot to vote on this one. I will throw in with "Claude" or at most "Claude Lorraine," as he is called in proper art-dork parlance. One is not supposed to call him "Lorraine." I'm just that messenger.

Michael5000 said...

And Claesz more or less walks into the end zone, beating up on Claude 10-5.

Voting is closed in this match.