tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post6143368254201731178..comments2024-01-08T14:21:37.465-08:00Comments on Infinite Art Tournament: The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 2: Canaletto v. Caravaggio!Michael5000http://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-91472813369855576752012-12-02T01:24:38.296-08:002012-12-02T01:24:38.296-08:00Canaletto fails to hang on to his initial lead and...<b>Canaletto fails to hang on to his initial lead and takes a real beating from Caravaggio, going down 2-15 despite some obvious respect from the crowd.<br /><br />Voting is closed in this match.</b>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-23589826572861118662012-11-13T09:35:49.103-08:002012-11-13T09:35:49.103-08:00I love Caravaggio so muchI love Caravaggio so muchAlisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01452578372963713118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-53618613382428412102012-10-27T18:22:20.493-07:002012-10-27T18:22:20.493-07:00Oh, Caravaggio! Adding to what Michael5000 said ab...Oh, Caravaggio! Adding to what Michael5000 said about St. Peter twisting up, I think the secondary figures in a painting often tell the real tale of genius. The guys who are working to crucify him--they're doing their jobs. The rope is pulling up the shirt of the guy with the rope, and the one kneeling down to brace/lift the cross is so active, and the sole of his left foot, you can see, is dirty, though not in the arch--and I love the way his figures have wrinkled foreheads. So expressive! Technically, I think he messed up Jesus' hair in #2, but I love the four heads coming together and how the other three are significantly older. Look at Thomas's throat!Candidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586276874940437381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-43340366785870595862012-08-26T11:51:51.572-07:002012-08-26T11:51:51.572-07:00Carvaggio. something about the play of light and h...Carvaggio. something about the play of light and humans is very interesting.Mm Mudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-299871276524078312012-08-23T15:49:13.907-07:002012-08-23T15:49:13.907-07:00Caravaggio. He deserves be, at least, at fourth ph...Caravaggio. He deserves be, at least, at fourth phase, for me.Leonardo Piccionihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280840758558786698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-75277143998171645922012-08-22T08:14:44.216-07:002012-08-22T08:14:44.216-07:00I was going to say it's too close to call... b...I was going to say it's too close to call... but now I see that Canaletto isn't getting any love - I'll give him a vote.<br /><br />It's not easy to make architecture look alive, and I think he does so successfully.Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15753016063339585565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-10090734204677346952012-08-20T20:11:16.633-07:002012-08-20T20:11:16.633-07:00Again, too late on this one, I imagine, but Carvag...Again, too late on this one, I imagine, but Carvaggio for the awesome expressiveness of his people, and for the picture of Thomas saying "pull my finger!"DrSchnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428753570121627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-87468159361463229672012-08-20T00:13:06.319-07:002012-08-20T00:13:06.319-07:00For me: Caravaggio by a dramatically lit interior ...<b>For me: Caravaggio by a dramatically lit interior mile. <br /><br />Canaletto is probably the best "souvenir of _____" painter of all time, and I'd pick him over many a lesser foe, but there's a certain stiffness in his style too. Everything in that third one looks frozen in time -- it doesn't seem like a moment in the continuous movement of life. Cf. poor agonized St. Peter being hoisted for upside-down crucifixion; you can sense the sweeping motion as the cross swings upward and also as his torso twists reflexively up for its last experience of normal orientation.</b>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-306175479865110422012-08-18T07:28:32.438-07:002012-08-18T07:28:32.438-07:00Caravaggio by a country mileCaravaggio by a country mileChuckdaddynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-32693372171501213182012-08-17T11:15:22.431-07:002012-08-17T11:15:22.431-07:00Caravaggio by a mile.Caravaggio by a mile.Ericnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-23715554445198334552012-08-16T21:46:37.040-07:002012-08-16T21:46:37.040-07:00Vote-by-email: "will go along with the crowd ...<b>Vote-by-email: "will go along with the crowd for Caravaggio -- that man should go far in the contest."</b>Michael5000https://www.blogger.com/profile/10148584819327475239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-29911998039728853412012-08-15T07:56:00.115-07:002012-08-15T07:56:00.115-07:00CaravaggioCaravaggiolamanyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947181044230659596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-52615927265409254212012-08-14T21:58:28.796-07:002012-08-14T21:58:28.796-07:00Gotta go with Caravaggio. Love those expressions a...Gotta go with Caravaggio. Love those expressions and, um, fingers.pflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16866574024138674337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-43341041000153810592012-08-14T10:10:02.031-07:002012-08-14T10:10:02.031-07:00In the competition between pretty cityscapes guy a...In the competition between pretty cityscapes guy and good lighting guy, I'm going to go Caravaggio!Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475862386179357634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-34632554739611525942012-08-14T09:00:31.016-07:002012-08-14T09:00:31.016-07:00See, I like Canaletto, but for me there's no r...See, I like Canaletto, but for me there's no real contest. It's like, Canaletto's got a nice job at the theater painting the pretty backdrops, but Caravaggio is the guy up front directing the drama. Gotta be Caravaggio. mrs.5000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-58447949658019485622012-08-14T05:02:08.535-07:002012-08-14T05:02:08.535-07:00Caravaggio. Both have nice light but Caravaggio ha...Caravaggio. Both have nice light but Caravaggio has more interesting subject matter.Nichimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07359298496725231902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-31979676183247767952012-08-14T04:04:59.767-07:002012-08-14T04:04:59.767-07:00Caravaggio.Caravaggio.Christine M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13673973522206470114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10779294.post-58854845792382956562012-08-14T02:49:57.968-07:002012-08-14T02:49:57.968-07:00Canaletto. Infinitely more peaceful to look at.Canaletto. Infinitely more peaceful to look at.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12772824060632731065noreply@blogger.com