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Source and artist of painting of Alexander, Bucephalus and Diogenes?

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Humanities#Source and artist of painting of Alexander, Bucephalus and Diogenes? -- Jeandré, 2011-06-02t17:38z

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Peer review Museum de Oude Wolden

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Editør (talk • contribs) 12:19, 25 August 2013‎ (UTC)[reply]

AfC submission - 05/03

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Laura Henschel-Rosenfeld. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 00:54, 6 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Egorov Alexandre

Dear artistic people: Here's an unusual old abandoned Afc submission which was declined for lack of inline citations. The sources are not on line, so I can't tell if they are appropriate of not. Is this a notable designer, and should the article be kept and improved rather than being deleted as a stale draft? —Anne Delong (talk) 17:33, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Charles Smith (1749-1824)

I'm in the process of developing Charles Smith (artist) but I'm not an arts specialist. If anyone knows of any suitable images then I'd be grateful to see some added to the thing. I'd also be grateful if someone could add any additional relevant categories. Thanks. - Sitush (talk) 13:34, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jorge Azar

Hi, I'm concerned that the discussion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jorge Azar has been co-opted by WP:SPA users, and would appreciate more eyes on this from experienced editors in the visual arts. Thanks, JNW (talk) 12:57, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wenceslao Garcia

Hello visual arts experts. This article was just added to the encyclopedia, but it appears to have some problems. It seems very promotional to me and the images don't have proper attribution. Could someone from this project check it out? Thanks. —Anne Delong (talk) 16:05, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

AfC submission - 19/03

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Chloé (artwork). FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 22:21, 19 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

FAR

I have nominated Paul Kane for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets featured article criteria. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" the article's featured status. The instructions for the review process are here.--Jarodalien (talk) 07:09, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Identifying painting and source

According to its file page, this painting purports to be a work of Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier. I was hoping to move this to Commons, but I would like to verify the description first. The uploader did not identify the book that this painting was scanned from, and I can't find this painting anywhere online. Can anyone here help? Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:47, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

His quite long bio in wp:fr doesn't mention him travelling further than Rome, though that might not stop him painting such a work. But it doesn't look like his style or quality. Johnbod (talk) 21:51, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hm that is quite an odd print. I think it may actually be by Jean Baptiste Vanmour (see here). I am surprised that would be uploaded without being linked anywhere - possibly it was linked to the Blue Mosque and then thrown off again. If you can find the original edit where the print was included you might get some more metadata. Jane (talk) 16:25, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, it was inserted into an article in this edit (which doesn't provide any clues as to its origin). Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:08, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elio Carletti

I was checking a series of Italian painter stubs and I just can't seem to make anything out of this one, so I felt I had to send it to the bin: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Elio Carletti. Jane (talk) 16:10, 26 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

AfC submission - 27/03

Is this painter notable? Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Horace Fisher (artist). FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 14:56, 27 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Ashfaq Ishaq

Dear arts experts: Here's an old submission about a person who organizes arts events. Is this a notable topic, and should the article be kept and improved, or deleted as a stale draft? —Anne Delong (talk) 22:58, 29 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

A Contract with God Featured Article Candidate

I've put the article for Will Eisner's 1978 graphic novel A Contract with God up as a Featured Article Candidate. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the review at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/A Contract with God/archive1. Thanks, Curly Turkey (gobble) 12:46, 30 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gate to the Northwest Passage

I have requested a peer review for the article Gate to the Northwest Passage, about a sculpture in Vancouver, British Columbia. I seek feedback about the article in general, before nominating it for Good article status, and about three specific pieces of content currently being debated. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! --Another Believer _(Talk) 16:24, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Use of external links to images on web pages

In the lists of works by Frank Weston Benson there are links to web pages to see an image of the works. See for instance List of wildlife works of art by Frank Weston Benson. I can see that this is a nice feature for the reader. It also, though, goes against my understanding of WP:External links. There is also an issue at hand in that this page is quite large, partly because of the links (Talk:List of works by Frank Weston Benson#Split?).

What are your thoughts about use of external links to web pages within the body of lists?

Thanks!--CaroleHenson (talk) 17:56, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The list's Smithsonian links are functioning as references, so I'd recommend converting them into footnotes in a single column at the end of the row. As for the way they're displayed now, I don't think the IAP number is particularly helpful, though a full citation would be. If used similarly (as references), I'd convert the "view" links into refs in the aforementioned ref column. External links shouldn't be used out of laziness when the image is quite accessible in the public domain—they should be uploaded to Commons. czar ♔ 19:22, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Great, thanks!--CaroleHenson (talk) 20:57, 31 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Mario Naves

Dear editors: This old abandoned Afc submission, which will soon be deleted as a stale draft, appears to have some references, although they aren't linked on line. Is this a notable artist, and should the article be kept and improved? —Anne Delong (talk) 04:25, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Italians in artist categories with questionable text

Pino Daeni

The page Pino Daeni claims he is an "Italian impressionist" painter. This is a guy born well after 1900, known for his book covers, which he made in New Jersey, not Italy. Though a follower of Impressionism, I am pretty sure you can't call him an impressionist. Thoughts anyone? Jane (talk) 15:37, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Indeed - nor of course is he a Post-Impressionist. Maybe say he "worked in a style reminiscent of Impressionism". Johnbod (talk) 15:40, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! He is not the first 20th-century "Italian impressionist" I've come across, so I just wanted to check and be sure it's not some American thing I never heard of. Jane (talk) 22:01, 3 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here are some more 20th-century "impressionists": On the page for Michele Cascella it states "He is referred to as an Italian Impressionist, post-impressionist and neo-impressionist." The painters Italo Mus and Elio Carletti are "Italian impressionist painters". Vangjush Mio is an Albanian impressionist painter, etc. Jane (talk) 14:35, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

As above - Neo-impressionism (Seurat et al.) is also a particular thing, though I don't believe the term is used much in English these days. In fact this lot do seem closer to Impressionism, but some decades too late. Johnbod (talk) 14:39, 4 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sergio Zanni

I guess people don't look at the pages for the modern Italians much? The sculptor Sergio Zanni might otherwise be suffering from having his sortkey start with a "Z". This is a guy who uses "backed clay" and has a quote about his use of "Kryptonite" to make (among other things), "front-less characters". It gave me a laugh, but seriously needs some wikilove, as I guess he is indeed active as a sculptor, according to artnet. Jane (talk) 17:34, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Matteo Zaccolini

The Theatine priest Matteo Zaccolini is supposedly someone who wrote an important work on perspective. If it's that important we should be able to link to it, no? He supposedly taught Poussin, but the evidence is a bit thin. Thoughts? Jane (talk) 17:52, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This one is fine according to multiple reliable sources; see for example The Sensuous in the Counter-Reformation Church pp. 255–256 here. Ewulp (talk) 19:51, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that link, he does seem legitimate to me now, but there must be someplace where we can copies of the illustrations mentioned in that text. It would help a lot to get some pics of his perspective work. Jane (talk) 20:07, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Giuseppe Zevola

This guy's claim to fame is teaching? Also, he lives on a yacht called Halloween. Maybe you can locate the painter in Giuseppe Zevola? Jane (talk) 18:23, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Spanish painter Pedro García Ferrer

This guy, Pedro García Ferrer practised the art of "laziness"?!? Jane (talk) 07:11, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There were only 6 edits in the history, Jane. It wasn't hard to find this old vandalism. Johnbod (talk) 11:31, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am gathering lots of notes out of searches directly, so I'm not clicking on the articles as I go. Thanks for fixing this one. Jane (talk) 12:44, 8 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

AfC submission - 08/04

Draft:Dejima Prostitute with Fan. FoCuSandLeArN (talk) 01:10, 9 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oxford UP online reference - free access for a week in North America

to celebrate National Libraries Week - see here - a chance to download some Grove material etc for future use. 13-19 April. It seems the password may in fact work from anywhere (or Australia anyway). UK people can get Grove access via their local library anyway of course. -Johnbod (talk) 00:26, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Too bad it's just North America!! Jane (talk) 07:05, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

IEG proposals on Visual arts subjects

Some projects that may be of interest to folks on this list are currently proposed for Individual Engagement Grants (IEG). We would be very grateful for any input YOU can give to help us decide which projects to fund. One proposal that may be of particular interest to Visual arts followers is m:Grants:IEG/Masterworks of Art in Wikipedia. I already commented on the talk page, but more input is welcome! Please share any comments/questions/feedback you have directly on any IEG proposal's talk page by April 20 2014, before the committee begins its formal review. Yours truly, (an enthusiastic but sometimes confused Committee member who is busy trying to read all of the proposals and comment at least once), Jane (talk) 07:05, 15 April 2014 (UTC) PS. The whole list of proposals to review is here: m:Grants:IEG#ieg-join.[reply]

Hi all, I wanted to thank you for your thoughtful comments on m:Grants:IEG/Masterworks of Art in Wikipedia. I also spent some time on the talk page of that proposal, and as a committee member I just handed in my review (I nixed it). The basic idea locked into the proposal title could become "Wiki loves Artworks" and I would love to see that happen. Is there anyone here who would be interested in proposing something like that for the next round? My basic idea is a multi-lingual challenge for highlights of museum collections, and we could build the list as part of the proposal. I suggest starting with 10 (as yet not created in any other Wikipedia project) artwork titles from each of the museums on the list of most visited art museums in the world. Our budget could contain items for instructional videos on how to contribute and create an artwork article, or what fields to put in an artwork item on Wikidata, or maybe funding for international prizes for a contest on best article, or for best photo of an object, etc. What do you think? Jane (talk) 08:18, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Biljana Ciric

Dear art experts: This old Afc submission is about a curator. It appears to have some references, but I have no idea what makes a curator notable. Can someone from this project take a look at it? Thanks. —Anne Delong (talk) 13:56, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

FPC A Polish Nobleman

The members of this project might be interested in: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/A Polish Nobleman. – Editør (talk) 10:27, 17 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Add DAAO record field to infobox

We'd like to provide links to high quality biographies of Australian artists via the Design and Art Australia Online project. The DAAO is an academic biography datastore funded by Australian universities and government. We propose adding the daao_record field as per the documentation page.

It has been suggested that we use the {{authority_control}} instead. However the NLA (National Library of Australia) is already a Wikipedia Authority control source. The NLA often prominently displays biographies from the DAAO.

For comparison please see our example record at Mike Parr. This uses the NLA authority control and links to the DAAO biography in the external links section. We'd like to see the DAAO link in the infobox.

Queen Victoria (talk) 12:52, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone have any thoughts on this or should I just go ahead and submit a template edit request? Queen Victoria (talk) 12:23, 29 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Invitation to Participate in a User Study - Final Reminder

Would you be interested in participating in a user study of a new tool to support editor involvement in WikiProjects? We are a team at the University of Washington studying methods for finding collaborators within WikiProjects, and we are looking for volunteers to evaluate a new visual exploration tool for Wikipedia. Given your interest in this Wikiproject, we would welcome your participation in our study. To participate, you will be given access to our new visualization tool and will interact with us via Google Hangout so that we can solicit your thoughts about the tool. To use Google Hangout, you will need a laptop/desktop, a web camera, and a speaker for video communication during the study. We will provide you with an Amazon gift card in appreciation of your time and participation. For more information about this study, please visit our wiki page (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Finding_a_Collaborator). If you would like to participate in our user study, please send me a message at Wkmaster (talk) 15:57, 21 April 2014 (UTC).[reply]

FPC The Milkmaid

The members of this project might be interested in: Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Milkmaid. – Editør (talk) 09:40, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

CfD nomination of Category:Art parks

Category:Art parks has been nominated for deletion, merging, or renaming. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 15:10, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Articles for creation/Boyce Cummings

Dear art experts: Is this a notable artist, and should this old AfC submission be kept and improved instead of being deleted as a stale draft? —Anne Delong (talk) 22:01, 28 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]