Template:Did you know nominations/Le Sommeil

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:53, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Le Sommeil

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... that Gustave Courbet's 1866 painting Le Sommeil (pictured) depicting lesbian relationship was inspired by Charles Baudelaire's poem "Delphine et Hippolyte"?

Created/expanded by SupernovaExplosion (talk). Self nom at 14:07, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

I reviewed Bruno Braquehais, Acacia reficiens, Volunia and Greta Schiller --SupernovaExplosion ^Talk 15:16, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

The article was created by User:Dr. Blofeld, and expanded 5X by me. --SupernovaExplosion ^Talk 15:20, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

5x expansion confirmed, hook verified. References good, although it'd be good to get an inline ref for para 3, particularly the last sentence, and I was wondering if there was another way to say " soften the taboos" to distance it from the source without changing meaning.....Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:54, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Done. Removed the last sentence of the 3rd paragraph, added references for the rest of the 3rd paragraph. Changed "soften the taboos" to "lower the taboos". --SupernovaExplosion ^Talk 02:18, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

good to go then. Casliber (talk · contribs) 12:53, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Fixed a spelling error and a couple of style concerns, especially that paintings are usually described as being "in the collection of ..." and not as "collected in ..." The latter makes it sound like they somehow swept it up. :) Also, "extreme joy" is a bit energetic a description isn't it? Wouldn't "exhaustion" be better? The source uses "post-coital bliss" and this is the usual expression for this kind of lassitude. Whiteghost.ink 14:06, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for your changes and suggestion. Changed "extreme joy" > exhaustion. --SupernovaExplosion ^Talk 15:39, 19 February 2012 (UTC)

Now definitely good to go Moswento (talk | contribs) 13:23, 29 February 2012 (UTC)