Saturday, January 26, 2019

The Ladder of Art -- Week #9

Cast your votes for up to four of these seven artists by Friday Feb 1.  For clarifications, consult the Ladder of Art FAQ.


Last Week's Results

This Week's Contest


Pietro da Cortona
1596 - 1669
Italian

Tournament Record: Placed 484th. Lowest voting average of anyone who did not have a 0-2 record. Lost to Piero di Cosimo, beat Piero della Francesca (who went 0-2, but tied for 412th), then lost to Picabia. 7 votes for, 24 votes against (.226).





Roy Lichtenstein
1923 - 1997
American

Tournament Record: Placed 486th (tie). Lost to the Limbourg Brothers and Sol LeWitt. 5 votes for, 18 votes against (.217).
  • Placed Fourth in Ladder Week #8.




Edward Wadsworth
1889 - 1949
British

Tournament Record: Placed 490th. Lost to Édouard Vuillard and Alfred Wallis. 4 votes for, 16 votes against (.200).
  • Tied for Third in Ladder Week #6.
  • Tied for First in Ladder Week #7. 




Baron Antoine-Jean Gros
1771 - 1835
French

Tournament Record: Placed 492th (tie). Lost to Juan Gris and Greuze. 4 votes for, 20 votes against (.167).
  • Placed Third in Ladder Week #5.
  • Tied for Third in Ladder Week #6.
  • Tied for Fourth in Ladder Week #7.
  • Third Place, Week #8.




Lucas van Leyden
1494 - 1533
Dutch

Tournament Record: Placed 494th (tie). Lost to L.S. Lowry and Tony Cragg. 4 votes for, 21 votes against (.160).
  • Tied for First, Week #5.
  • Tied for First, Week #7.




Fra Bartolomeo
c.1474 - c.1517
Italian (Florentine)

Tournament Record: Placed 494th (tie). Lost to Balthus and Hans Baldung. 4 votes for, 21 votes against (.160).
  • Tied for Third, Ladder Week #5.
  • Tied for Third in Ladder Week #6.
  • Tied for First, Ladder Week #7.




Domenichino
1581 - 1641
Italian

Tournament Record: Placed 507th (tie).  Lost to Donatello and Dosso Dossi. 3 votes for, 21 votes against (.125).
  • Tied for First, Ladder Rung #1.
  • First Place, Week #3.
  • Tied for First, Week #5.
  • Tied for Fourth in Week #7.
  • Second Place, Week #8.




Cast up to four votes in the comments by Friday morning!

9 comments:

Candida said...

da Cortona
van Leyden
Fra Bartolomeo
Domenichino

Morgan said...

da Cortona, Bartolomeo.

mrs.5000 said...

Da Cortona, da!--for the architecture and anatomical plates, as much as his paintings and sculpture. Then Wadsworth, van Leyden, and the Fra.

DrSchnell said...

da Cartona, Wadsworth

Michael5000 said...

I'll go with Domenichino, not for these specimens but because I know what's hiding behind them; then, Wadsworth, who is suddenly looking pretty good with that ambiguous sea-life; and van Leyden, of course. Don't know what to do with Pietro da Cortana and Fra Bart -- but I'm not going to ask Brad for help deciding, that's for sure.

Michael5000 said...

Susan says "Lichtenstein, Wadsworth, Gros, & van Leyden."

boonec1974 said...

Gros, Leyden, Domenichino, and Wadsworth.

UnwiseOwl said...

I agree 100% with Susan's votes.

Michael5000 said...

And voting is now closed in the Ninth Running of the Ladder of Art! Bye week for Van Leyden and Wadsworth! Liechtenstein falls out; everybody else keeps on rolling.