Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 2: Chardin v. De Chirico!

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
1699 - 1779
French

Crushed American William Merritt Chase in Round 1.




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Giorgio De Chirico
1888 - 1978
Italian

Edged the original wrapper, Christo, in Round 1 by a two-vote swing. YOUR VOTE COUNTS!!!





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Vote for the artist of your choice in the comments, or any other way that works for you. Commentary and links to additional work are welcome. Polls open for at least one month past posting.

16 comments:

Morgan said...

I'll vote De Chirico, because of the intense oddness factor.

Christine M. said...

Chardin

Nichim said...

CHARDIN!

pfly said...

The bubble is nice and all, but it'll take more than that to pop my De Chirico bubble.

Chuckdaddy said...

Chirico

pfly said...

BTW, I've always liked this De Chirico,
http://uploads1.wikipaintings.org/images/giorgio-de-chirico/mystery-and-melancholy-of-a-street-1914.jpg

Like many of his paintings it's strangely peaceful and sinister at once...

Elizabeth said...

Chardin.

However, BANANAS BANANAS BANANAS!

mrs.5000 said...

Though I admire Chardin, I'm sticking with De Chirico and his sinister arcadias.

Mm Mud said...

The gray day outside likes playful human factor, so, Chardin. I might have easily picked Chirico if it was a sunny day!

Michael5000 said...

Chardin and charming French genre styling. I still don't quite grock De Chirico.

Mm -- sometimes we get a few sunny days in February...

Michael5000 said...

A vote-by-email for Chardin.

lamanyana said...

CHARDIN

Alison said...

Not that I don't appreciate trains and bananas, but I think I'll go with Chardin!

Candida said...

The problem at this point is that I become fond of the artists by virtue of seeing them earlier in the tournament and then feel attached to and protective of them. This almost tricks me into doing things like wanting to vote for De Chirico. Chardin's going to get this vote, though, now that I stopped and thought about it.

Alison said...

Chardin

Michael5000 said...

De Chiraco can't hang on to his early lead, and goes down to Chardin 9-4 (and again, Alison only got counted once). It will be yet another all-France pairing as Chardin takes on Cezanne in Round 3!

Voting closed in this pairing.