Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/A Storm in the Rocky Mountains

A Storm in the Rocky Mountains[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 13 Apr 2013 at 02:17:37 (UTC)

Reason: High resolution (Google Art Project) scan of an immense painting, whose scale only appears when you notice the tiny figures in the fore-midground, the Native American camp in the rear-midground (I'm coining terms here), and the dead deer and saddle in the extreme foreground (right side)—to me, (WP:OR) this painting has six "grounds" and is as awe-inspiring in the z-axis as it is in the x- and y-axes. There are almost a dozen versions of this painting available on Commons, but none are as detailed or probably true to color as this is (once again, impossible to determine without visiting the actual painting) and I think those of us who aren't in Brooklyn, New York are extremely fortunate to have this available to us. The painting was done by Bierstadt after visiting Mt. Evans in the Colorado Rocky Mountains; he was inspired by real locations, but exaggerated the appearances and scale of the mountains to enhance the still-impressive landscapes of the Rockies. In my opinion, this painting stands out as one of his finest (probably excluding some of his Yosemite work) that uses many of his best-known techniques: clouds, mountains, water, wildlife, foreground/background, and of course, the contrast between golden sunlight pouring in at a low angle and the deep shadows that are just as filled with detail. One of the best things about this painting: counting how many waterfalls there are. The only two flaws would probably be a frame (or something) shadow on the far right edge and a resolution that I wish were ten times higher. The signature and date (1866) are so clear that I corrected four en.wiki articles that erroneously credited this painting to 1886.
Articles in which this image appears: A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie (newly created), 19th century Western painting, Albert Bierstadt, History of painting, List of works by Albert Bierstadt, 1866 in art
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Albert Bierstadt (painter); Brooklyn Museum (scan/exhibitor); Google Art Project (compiler); DcoetzeeBot (image retriever/reconstruction)

Support as nominator --– Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 02:17, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Comment it really is an impressive painting, digitised with a very high technical standard. However, it seems to me that the placement of this image is only in galleries and lists, and the articles do not discuss or mention this painting at all. As such, it is not clear what the encyclopedic value is. Your reasons for nomination, though excellent, seem to be mostly your own opinion and research and are not reflected in the articles in which this picture appears. I would gladly give my support if the relevant articles are expanded to talk about this painting. dllu (t,c) 05:10, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I was aware of that, sadly. Consider it fixed. – Kerαunoςcopia^◁_galaxies 07:23, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Support. dllu (t,c) 08:45, 4 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support, inspiring. DavidLeighEllis (talk) 00:41, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support, amazing. TechFilmer (talk) 18:24, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support : absolutely. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:38, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support, very nice work. Rreagan007 (talk) 04:53, 7 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Support — ΛΧΣ²¹ 23:19, 7 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Albert Bierstadt - A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 06:44, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]