Saturday, April 18, 2015

The Infinite Art Tournament, Round One: Michelangelo v. Millais!

Michelangelo
1475 - 1564
Italian




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Sir John Everett Millais
1829 - 1896
British



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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.

12 comments:

Christine M. said...

Michelangelo always annoyed me because all his women look like men with women's heads stitched on. At least Millais used real women as models. Millais FTW!

Morgan said...

Michelangelo, for the dynamism.

Michael5000 said...

Linda goes for Michelangelo on Facebook.

Morgan said...

She certainly did not!

mrs.5000 said...

It's true Michelangelo liked 'em muscly--even his architecture was robust and muscular. Probably his sonnets were as well. He was pretty much the Renaissance on steroids. And, may I remind you, HE WAS MICHELANGELO!!! He's got my vote. I don't expect him to lose it anytime soon.

Michael5000 said...

Morgan, eternally vigilant in matters pertaining to the Tournament, is correct: Linda went for MILLAIS on Facebook.

boonec1974 said...

Based on the four pictures here, I probably would join the middle-finger-to-art-historians Millais crew; I really don't like the first Michelangelo image here. But after a Google search, I will toe the line and vote for Michelangelo.

pfly said...

I like Millais, but I think I'll cast my lot with this darkhorse "Michelangelo", whoever he was.

Michael5000 said...

I like Mike.

Michael5000 said...

Susan's email says "Millais." I checked twice.

Candida said...

Millais.

Michael5000 said...

In uncomfortably low voter turnout, favorite Michelangelo survives a scare but beats Millais by a single vote, five to four. Which is as good as a blowout, depending on how you look at it.