The Infinite Art Tournament, Round 2: Fra Angelico v. Anguissola

Fra Angelico
c.1387-1455
Italian
Defeated Florentine master Andrea del Sarto in Round 1 by a decisive but respectful margin.

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Sofonisba Anguissola
c.1532 - 1625
Italian
Defeated Italian predecessor Antonello da Messina in Round 1 by two votes -- a one-vote swing would have resulted in a draw.  YOUR VOTE COUNTS!

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[In the M5K personal tourney, this round pits Fra Angelico v. Antonello da Messina.]

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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.

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Gingerbread Victory!

We won at a gingerbread house party!  And by won, I mean "had a fun time with various highly charming people."  But also, like, won.

Specifically, I tied for first with my lighthouse.

Frankly, I'm a bit mystified by this.  It looked just slightly cooler before the peak of the roof fell off on the way home -- it had a a red candy tip -- but not that much cooler.  The judges may have been swayed by the unique hollow-core no-frosting construction; it is really just a pile of gingerbread rings held together by gravity. Also, I think people like fire.

Much more impressive, I think, is Mrs.5000's church.

After all, the hard part about gingerbread construction (as our hostess amply demonstrated) is having your construction stay up.  And look at those vertical lines!  How did she do it?  Like they did back in the day: buttresses!  I helped by encouraging her to stick with the simple plans of Romanesque design rather than getting embroiled in the Gothic.  She got third!

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The Infinite Art Update

Don't let the Advent Calendar distract you from voting in this weekend's first-round IAT action: 16th Century German Hans Baldung takes on Italian Futurist Giacomo Baldung!!!

Other active first-round action!!

Avercamp v. Bacon

Audubon v. Auerbach

Archimboldo v. Arp

Appel v. Archipenko

Anguissola v. Antonello da Messina  -- Polls Closing Soon!

Andrea del Sarto v. Fra Angelico -- Polls Closing Soon!


And available for voting in the Second Round!!

Altdorfer v. Andre

Agasse v. Algardi


Remember: Your vote counts as we continue the long long journey to decide the greatest artist of all time!

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