Saturday, February 8, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 1: Bougereau v. Beccafumi!

Awesome voters, it's time for another artist to jump from the Play-In Tournament to the IAT proper. Here's Adolphe William Bouguereau making his entrance against Domenico Beccafumi, who has been waiting for a tiebreaker ever since January 2012.



Adolphe William Bouguereau
1825 - 1905
French

Finished Second in Phase 1, Flight 2 of the Play-In Tournament with a voting score of .733.
Finished First in Phase 2, Flight 2 of the Play-In Tournament with a voting score of .455.







Domenico Beccafumi
c.1486 - 1551
Italian

Tied with André Beauneveu in his initial Round 1 outing, in January 2012.







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:

Elizabeth said...

Bouguereau and naked ladies on the beach. Too bad about the first girl's foot, though.

Chuckdaddy said...

I am a huge Bouguereau non fan. Something about his pictures are so creepy... And pointless. Just take a picture! So a strong vote for Becafumi.

Chuckdaddy said...

Oh, and he was born in 1825.

Michael5000 said...

"THIS GUY STINKS!!! I HATE HIM!!! AND YOU GOT HIS BIOGRAPHICAL DATA WRONG!!!

Never change, Chuckdaddy.

Morgan said...

Bouguereau!

mrs.5000 said...

Oh, Beccafumi by a mile.

lamanyana said...

Beccafumi!

Christine M. said...

Bouguereau

TB said...

bouguereau

Michael5000 said...

Vote-by-email for Mssr. Bouguereau!

Ben said...

Bouguereau.

Candida said...

Bouguereau!

pfly said...

Bouguereau

DrSchnell said...

Bouguerau

Michael5000 said...

Love the Madonna's face in the second Beccafumi... ("I'm sorry, Madonna, you're such a big star...")

But Bouguereau did two things I don't think of myself as particularly a fan of -- soft-core pornography and sentimental scenes of childhood -- both very well. And in such a way that it doesn't even seem creepy. A favorite museum bookstore moment was buying a collection of Albers and one of Bouguereau in the same purchase. I haz range!

Bouguereau.

Michael5000 said...

Bourguereau appears to be a "second half artist" -- after quite a bit of back and forth in the early voting, his support kicked in strong and he walked to a 10-3 victory.