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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 2: Cézanne v. Chagall!

Paul Cézanne
1839 - 1906
French

Didn't have much trouble with Benvenuto Cellini in Round 1.





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Marc Chagall
1887 - 1985
Russian-born; worked in France

Defeated Philippe de Champaigne in Round 1.




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17 comments:

  1. Elizabeth2:01 AM, October 23, 2012

    Cézanne SVP.

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  2. Christine M.3:32 AM, October 23, 2012

    Cezanne. Or as one of our students called him, "Say-ZANNY"

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  3. Nichim4:48 AM, October 23, 2012

    Toughy. I'm going with Cezanne, swayed by the tower of biscotti in the still life.

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  4. lamanyana4:54 AM, October 23, 2012

    Oh - this one is really close for me. I guess I'll throw a vote to Chagall to balance things out a bit.

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  5. Chuckdaddy6:30 AM, October 23, 2012

    I thought this decision wiould be harder. But Chagall, he's just so.... dreamy.

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  6. mrs.50001:40 PM, October 23, 2012

    Oh, killer matchup! I have a soft spot for Chagall, and yet I am going to have to vote for Cezanne. Because without him, why, who knows what would have happened? Much of the towering achievement of modern art would come crashing down like a stack of ill-placed biscotti!

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  7. Jenners5:42 PM, October 23, 2012

    Chagall

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  8. pfly1:09 AM, October 24, 2012

    Ack! This may be the hardest one yet for me. Well after lengthy thought and prolonged introspection for nearly two minutes, and despite the idea that Cézanne was probably more important, historically and influentially, and biscottially, "the father of us all" and so on, I will say Chagall: Chagall. There, I said it.

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  9. Michael50002:02 PM, October 25, 2012

    There's a certain feeling of the Tournament kicking into another stage with this pairing.

    I'm not historically a huge fan of Say-ZANNY, but some recent face-to-face encounters were awfully convincing. His oranges are more orange than other oranges.

    Cézanne 2012!

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  10. Candida6:33 PM, October 27, 2012

    Chagall makes me feel like singing and writing novels and dancing.

    Cezanne makes me feel like walking on to see another painting, perhaps one by Van Gogh.

    One vote for Chagall, please!

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  11. Mm Mud3:32 PM, October 31, 2012

    Cezanne for color tones and blends.

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  12. Michael50007:37 PM, November 04, 2012

    A vote-by-mail for Cezanne

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  13. Alison9:31 AM, November 13, 2012

    Chagall gets my vote, mostly because he kept my interest for a longer period of time

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  14. JakeFlo10:02 AM, November 21, 2012

    Cezanne!

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  15. JFlo10:03 AM, November 21, 2012

    Another vote for Cezanne. This is a great 2nd round matchup.

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  16. Alison10:44 PM, January 24, 2013

    Chagall! I like his ducks

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  17. Michael50003:08 PM, February 10, 2013

    After correcting for the admirably consistent Alison's double-vote, we end up with Cezanne taking down Chagall 9-6 in a heartbreaker.

    Voting's closed in this one!

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