Saturday, October 13, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament Round 1: Cranach v. Cuyp!

Lucas Cranach the Elder
1472 - 1553
German




-----

Aelbert Cuyp
1620 - 1691
Dutch




----

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.

Coming next week: THE Ds!!!

14 comments:

Morgan said...

Cuyp for the "I want to visit there" factor!

Elizabeth said...

Cranach the Elder for the expression on the nymph's face. Also I like the effect of the gauze on the dark and light surfaces. And because I have to vote the opposite of Morgan for some reason.

Christine M. said...

The old Cranach dude.

pfly said...

Well, Cuyp's stuff is lovely and all, but googling both I found myself browsing and enjoying Cranach a lot more. He has some almost Bosch-like landscapes and a general weirdness I rather like.

lamanyana said...

Cranach

Nichim said...

Cranach the elder gets my vote too.

Michael5000 said...

I like the second Cranach a lot -- the face! the sleeves! although the first is less interesting to me.

But, Cuyp gets my vote as one of the great painters of cows. I like cows.

Chuckdaddy said...

Cranach

mrs.5000 said...

Oh, this one is a toughie. I like them both. I will go with Cuyp, because he did some of the awesomest skies.

DrSchnell said...

Cranach

Michael5000 said...

A vote-by-mail for Cranach.

Candida said...

I'd say Cranach; the spine on one of Cuyp's cows makes me feel uncomfortable and sorry for it.

Alison said...

Cuyp! Those cows are so fun to look at, weird spines and all

Michael5000 said...

And it's Cranach with a decisive 9-4 margin! Voting is closed in this pairing.