Saturday, September 14, 2013

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Guardi v. Guercino!

Francesco Guardi
1712 - 1780
Venetian



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Guercino
1591-1666
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.

14 comments:

pfly said...

I don't really know either, but quickly google makes me say Guercino.

Elizabeth said...

After Canaletto I can't get too excited about Guardi (though I think the works I saw last year were better than the two here) so I am voting for Guercino.

Christine M. said...

Guercino

Nichim said...

I'll go with Guardi on this one.

Ben said...

Guardi this time.

mrs.5000 said...

Guercino.

Morgan said...

I'm a sucker for skulls, but I also enjoy paintings of buildings and canals, enough so that I will vote for Guardi.

Anonymous said...

Guardi

Chuckdaddy

lamanyana said...

Guardi

UnwiseOwl said...

Guardi gets my vote for the arches, but it was a close one.
I do enjoy a good lovingly-rendered wrinkled forehead though.

Michael5000 said...

Got a vote-by-mail for Guardi right here.

Michael5000 said...

And here's my own vote for Guardi, too. I suspect Guercino might be a little more masterful, but by gum I just like the Guardi paintings better.

Candida said...

Oh, Guercino! I actually only like one each of the paintings for each guy, but the top Guercino painting (which actually looks to me like it's painted by a different guy than the second Guercino painting) gets me more than the Guardis.

Michael5000 said...

Et in Arcardia, Guardi! The landscapes have it by an 8-5 margin, and Guercino will have to try to struggle back through the wilds of the Left Bracket.