The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Corot v. Correggio!
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
1796 - 1875
French
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Correggio
c.1489 - 1534
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 at least one month past posting.
Well, this seemed like a toughie. It's actually easier now that I've done a little research, and found that Courbet had been slopping over into my brain's Corot compartments. An understandable filing error, but he made a bit of a mess, and Corot was too mild-mannered to do anything about it. Now that that's sorted out, I'm going with Correggio! If you think he's a little too too with an adoring family scene, he's also got the Loves of Jupiter on his resume. Plus, if you've got a drab dome lying around, he can really animate a bank of clouds.
This is perhaps the most preposterously overpowered first-round match that we will encounter in this exercise. I will throw for Correggio and just be glad I made this thing double-elimination.
I instinctively lean towards Correggio, though I'm definitely grooving on that greeny, watery, Corot. Ultimately, I'm going to stick with Correggio, though.
Michael5000's Running Avatar has left Portland and is running generally east, out into the great big world.
May 19th -- Passing through The Dalles, Oregon.
May 12 -- The Avatar passes back into Oregon at Hood River and continues eastward on the Mark Hatfield Trail.
April 28 -- Passing by Beacon rock in the beautiful Columbia Gorge.
April 23 -- Standing on the corner in downtown Camas, Washington.
April 17 -- THE AVATAR IS HOME!!!
The Humanly Prowess -- since August 2009
May 19 -- 8.26 is a best-ever mileage for the 19th. I'm also at 14 consecutive Sundays, 1 short of the record, as well as 14 consecutive Saturdays.
April 27 -- A nice 9.06 mile run passes us over the best-April-ever mark and gives me an record of 11 consecutive running Saturdays.
April 25 -- By the by, I've currently tied the records for most consecutive Saturdays and most consecutive Wednesdays run. But who's counting.
April 20 -- 9.62 miles is a surprise all-time record for the 20th of the month!
April 14 -- 5.53 miles is an all-time record for a run resulting in hospital treatment for dog bite injuries!
April 6 -- 10.1 miles is the first ever double-digit run for April.
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190 or Bust
May 16 -- Weigh-in for work weight-loss contest: 208
May 3 -- 208
March 10 -- 205.4
Feb 24 -- 206.0 -- but clearly we've got a little problem to work on here.
16 comments:
Corot.
Corot
I am liking Corot!
Correggio. Corot seems a bit drab to me
Corot.
Well, this seemed like a toughie. It's actually easier now that I've done a little research, and found that Courbet had been slopping over into my brain's Corot compartments. An understandable filing error, but he made a bit of a mess, and Corot was too mild-mannered to do anything about it. Now that that's sorted out, I'm going with Correggio! If you think he's a little too too with an adoring family scene, he's also got the Loves of Jupiter on his resume. Plus, if you've got a drab dome lying around, he can really animate a bank of clouds.
Corot - I like what he achieves with the radically different color palettes are on those two paintings.
Corot, but I like that Corregio seems to have actually seen a child before and is able to depict one accurately
This is a tough one since I like them both but those suffused landscapes are evoking these intense emotions causing me to go with Carot
Corot for me - Monet rated him the greatest painter of his time and that's good enough for me.
Another for Corot.
This is perhaps the most preposterously overpowered first-round match that we will encounter in this exercise. I will throw for Correggio and just be glad I made this thing double-elimination.
Now I'm waffling.
Here's a vote-by-mail for Corot.
I instinctively lean towards Correggio, though I'm definitely grooving on that greeny, watery, Corot. Ultimately, I'm going to stick with Correggio, though.
It could be called an upset, Corot toppling Correggio 10-4 after rushing out to an early lead. Voting is closed in this pairing.
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