Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Visual arts

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

Jim Gary/Sculpture

Should Jim Gary be included in Sculpture? Discuss at Talk:Sculpture#Jim Gary. Bus stop (talk) 22:36, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Art and Religion

I just noticed that WP's coverage on the relationship between art and religion seems kind of poor, considering how important the subject is. The best I could find for visual arts were: Sacred art and Cult image. Religious music is better. What's missing is a discussion on the influence of religion on art. That's got to be notable. Kitfoxxe (talk) 20:04, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

I agree that navigating and finding information on this topic is very poor, but I think our coverage is pretty good. 10:26, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

B-Class assessment requested

Hello. I would like to request a B-Class assessment for The Magpie (Monet). Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 10:06, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

Strange citations from gallery material

I came across an ambiguous reference for a long quote on the Peter Kennard article and raised it with the editor that added it (see HERE). He says the source was 'a kind of pack with reproductions of photomontages along with an essay'. Does anyone else agree that this is not a verifiable source, or is it just me? Sionk (talk) 20:10, 5 November 2011 (UTC)

Problem solved, the book is catalogued by Google Books and has been on sale at ABE Books too. Sionk (talk) 14:31, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Articles needed on Mexican art

Somebody at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mexico said: "One day, someone should create an article on Mexican art. Kaldari (talk) 06:51, 1 November 2011 (UTC)"

• The current content is at Culture_of_Mexico#Art with Pre-Columbian art and Mexican Muralism being the "main" articles
• Articles in Spanish include: es:Pintura de México, es:Escultura de México, es:Anexo:Arquitectos de México (these ones do NOT have English versions)

WhisperToMe (talk) 00:34, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/List of most expensive sculptures dubious claim

At Template:Did you know nominations/List of most expensive sculptures the nominator is claiming the List of most expensive sculptures is current. I am uncomfortable presenting this on the main page. I need a few experts to chime in on this issue.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:19, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Edition?

I am looking for a word (but know the meaning) when translating from Japanese to English. The meaning is: "set of artworks that are owned by the Smith family (or Smith Museum, etc)" I need to refer to this set of artworks in prose, somehow, preferrably in a short way. Can I write "Smith edition" or "Smith Museum edition", or is there a better word for "edition"? If you are interested, there is a related discussion here and the article in preparation is this. bamse (talk) 23:34, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

The word 'collection' (for a 'set of artworks') sounds much better, from your description. Sionk (talk) 00:08, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, for not being very clear before. As far as I understand "collection" would refer to all the artworks in possession by the family or the museum. However what I have is a bit different: say, I have an artwork titled "Paintings of the planets" which consists of eight paintings. Now, four of those paintings happen to be in possession of the Smith family and four of these paintings are in possession of the Miller family. Can I write something like "Smith edition of the Paintings of the planets" to refer to the set of four paintings in possession of the Smith family? bamse (talk) 00:38, 9 November 2011 (UTC)

An 'edition' is a singular thing that is produced or published. It sounds wrong. You're correct to say the Smith's art collection would refer to all the art owned by the Smiths. Maybe the Smith's part-collection of the "Paintings of the planets" would describe the paintings in that series owned by the Smiths? Or you could say something like 'the "Paintings of the planets" works owned by the Smiths'. Or part-series? Sionk (talk) 01:04, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Thanks. Will see what sounds best. bamse (talk) 07:12, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Template color

Appreciate any opinions here: [1], thanks...Modernist (talk) 00:24, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

I'd love to give my opinion but, having read through the sections several times, have no idea which template you're all talking about. Sionk (talk) 01:20, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

We are referring to the Ernest Hemingway template...Modernist (talk) 05:47, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

Portal:Arts at peer review

Portal:Arts is now up for portal peer review, the review page is at Wikipedia:Portal peer review/Arts/archive1. I've put a bit of effort into this as part of a featured portal drive related to portals linked from the top-right corner of the Main Page, and feedback would be appreciated prior to featured portal candidacy. Thank you for your time, — Cirt (talk) 07:01, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

Featured portal candidate: Animation

Portal:Animation is currently a featured portal candidate. Please feel free to leave comments. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 23:36, 7 December 2011 (UTC)

Possibility of increasing images of works of art from India

Can I as an Indian take a photograph of a painting from a Museum display and place it under a free license on Commons? Images of art by Indian artists are hard to come by as we have found while trying to develop articles on famous paintings by Indian artists. AshLin (talk) 13:40, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

According to the Commons Freedom of panorama page you can, if it is permanently "situated" in the museum. Not sure if that would mean on display, or just owned by. Hope that helps. Johnbod (talk) 14:15, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

We should also abide by an individual museum's policy on photographing works of art, which probably varies. freshacconci talktalk 14:19, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Thanks, that has increased my understanding. AshLin (talk) 15:22, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Advice sought about some non-free images

It would be very helpful if some editors who are more knowledgeable than I am about American painters could have a look at Talk:Allen Tupper True#Three images in Work section. Thanks! --Tryptofish (talk) 20:54, 12 December 2011 (UTC)