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The Tower of Babel (Vienna)[edit]

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Original – "The Tower of Babel" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The painting depict the construction of the Tower of Babel, which according to the Book of Genesis in the Bible, was a tower built by a unified, monolingual humanity as a mark of their achievement and to prevent them from scattering.
Reason
The image is of an impressive quality. Already featured on other Wikipedias, the image is a faithful photographic reproduction of the painting.
Articles in which this image appears
Language, Tower of Babel, The Tower of Babel (Bruegel)
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Google Art Project
  • Support as nominator --— ΛΧΣ21 06:18, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose too big, can't load. Nice that it has a tile load but it is to complicated for feature status in my opinion. If it was smaller and more usable for the average reader I would be all over supporting this. I love this painting.--Amadscientist (talk) 06:31, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Just a note to add that the tile load recieved a norton warning on my computer.--Amadscientist (talk) 06:33, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
It loaded fine on my PC. Although it took a damn long time. I would upload a small version if needed. let me prepare myself to do it :) — ΛΧΣ21 06:54, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
On the image page, there is a link (in a pink box) to the "large image viewer" that lets you view such big images without downloading the whole thing. Colin°Talk 07:58, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
We would NEVER want to promote a smaller version. HUGE images are better. As pointed out above there's tools to help people view it in a browser, or you can actually save it to your computer and load in Photoshop or similar for inspection, plus there's the links under the image for smaller versions as well. Big is good. Plus "to big" isn't a valid reason to oppose, so I'd recommend retracting the oppose. — raekyt 15:25, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, perhaps one of the most recognizable Bruegel's paintings (and of Babel tower as well). Google Art digitalizations are almost always no-brainers. Brandmeistertalk 12:13, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, how many gigapixels is this now? Still one? Wow... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:00, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Clear EV. I don't think I've ever heard a complaint over an image being too big... ceranthor 21:44, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Fabulous picture of a masterpiece. AutomaticStrikeout (T • C) 20:46, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support — raekyt 14:12, 14 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pieter Bruegel the Elder - The Tower of Babel (Vienna) - Google Art Project - edited.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 06:18, 19 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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