Tuesday, March 4, 2014

The Infinite Art Tournament Second-Round Elimination: Böcklin v. Jan Bruegel!


Two rather famous artists get knocked out of the tournament this week.  Van Dyck was at 1-1-1, before Arnold Böcklin made it past him in his, Böcklin's, second tiebreak match.  Bronzino, meanwhile, had hoped for an influx of voters for over a year, but none have come, and he ends up losing his match with Jan Brueghel that began on January 5, 2013.

If there are no further ties -- always a big "if"! -- then this will be the final Second-Round match on the first of the eight bracket sheets.  The Tournament progresses!




Arnold Böcklin
1827 - 1901
German; worked in Italy






Jan Bruegel (the Elder)
1568 - 1625
Dutch





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, but likely much longer.

16 comments:

Christine M. said...

Jan Bruegel

TB said...

Bruegel---I could stare at his paintings for hours because there is so much going on in them!

Chuckdaddy said...

Bruegel

Morgan said...

Böcklin!

DrSchnell said...

tough choice, but Bruegel

Ben said...

Bruegel's works are busy, but as TB said, interesting to look at. Jan gets my vote.

pfly said...

Bruegel!

lamanyana said...

Böcklin!

Elizabeth said...

Jan Bruegel. I want a room like that.

mrs.5000 said...

I find I prefer the bright and precisely crowded scenes of Jan Bruegel over the moody shades of Bocklin.

Michael5000 said...

I'm having trouble deciding here.

Michael5000 said...



Michiel Matthijssen said...
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Böcklin: Excellent composition
BruegHel: Too much

I prefer Böcklin
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Candida said...

Bruegel

Michael5000 said...

An email vote "sticking with my man Böcklin."

Nichim said...

Böcklin! Bruegel seems kind of gimmicky to me, or too technically virtuostic.

Michael5000 said...

Time's up! Put down your pencils. Böcklin's long road through the brackets has come to its end. He'll have the consolation of a weird 2-2-2 win/loss/tie record, which is unique to him so far. Meanwhile, J. Bruegal keeps his left-bracket winning streak alive, and will see what he can do against Australian Arthur Boyd in LR3! Contacted for comment, he asked "What's an Australian?"