Saturday, May 11, 2013

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Gaddi v. Gainsborough!

Taddeo Gaddi
c.1300 - 1366
Florentine



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Thomas Gainsborough
1727 - 1788
English



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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.

14 comments:

Candida said...

Although I tend not to be as much of a fan of portraits, I think Gainsborough has some great ones. Gaddi's okay, but I'm going to go with Gainsborough.

Chuckdaddy said...

Gaddi

Christine M. said...

Gaddi. I'm a sucker for early Renaissance stuff.

pfly said...

Hmm, some googling and I still couldn't decide. After a bit more Gainsborough won me over with his landscapes, like this one:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seashore_with_Fishermen-1781-1782-Thomas_Gainsborough.jpg

Morgan said...

I'm usually not a huge fan of Renaissance art, but I'm liking Gaddi enough for him to get my vote.

Nichim said...

Ooo, ooo, Gaddi Gaddi Gaddi!

Michael5000 said...

Reporting an email vote: "This is a hard vote. I will go for Gainsborough, because I like taffeta dresses, but feel sure Gaddi will hang in there for awhile."

lamanyana said...

Gaddi for me!

Bob said...

Gainsborough.

Elizabeth said...

Hey, good lookin' - I've been painted by Gainsborough.

mrs.5000 said...

Ooh, toughie. I was all ready to vote for Gainsborough and the whole "people and their land" thing, but then I went back and looked at more Gaddi, and I'm going to go with him.

Michael5000 said...

I vote for vote for Gainsborough and the whole "people and their land" thing.

Alison said...

Gainsborough

Michael5000 said...

Alison is the tiebreaker, carrying Gainsborough into Round Two by a 7-6 margin. Voting is closed in this one.