Talk:Ivan Aivazovsky/GA1

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Reviewer: Sainsf (talk · contribs) 04:24, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Hi! I will be reviewing this article. Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 04:24, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

Lead

• We generally do not include citations in the lead. I would like them removed and having any facts mentioned only in the lead to be mentioned in the main text as well.
• greatest marine artists in history. In whose history? The world's? Russia's?

It is implied in the world's history. Should it be explicitly stated? --Երևանցի ^talk 12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

It would be good to do so. No harm in stating it. Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 13:12, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Sorry. But I don't agree. When said "in history" it's meant "in world history". If it implied a specific country it would say just that: "Russian history", "French history", etc.--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• During his almost sixty-year career We generally keep numbers above or equal to 10 in digits.

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

• Can we have links for Armenia and Ukraine here?

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Background and education

• Do we need bold here?

 Fixed--Երևանցի ^talk 12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

• Aivazovsky's brother, Gabriel, was a prominent historian and an Armenian Apostolic archbishop. Source?

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

• Duplink: Imperial Academy of Arts

 Fixed--Երևանցի ^talk 12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

• I think the image with caption "Farm House and Windmill by moonlight, 1863" should mention the artist.

I actually replaced this image with a more relevant one.--Երևանցի ^talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

First visit to Europe

• his brother Gabriel Elder or younger to him?

Elder. Already specified in the section above. --Երևանցի ^talk 09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• Can Catholic, Berlin, Italian art and Vienna be linked?

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• "The echo of the success of his Italian exhibitions was even heard in Russia." Who said this?

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Return to Russia and first marriage

• Link Romanticism

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

• and attract heavy criticism Should it be "attracted"?

 Fixed--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• Duplink: Baltic Fleet

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Rise to prominence

• In 1857, Aivazovsky visited Constantinople and ... of St. Vladimir in 1865. Source?

 Fixed--Երևանցի ^talk 09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• "The vast majority of his works depict the sea." I think "his" is not proper here, mention the name.

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Travels and accolades: 1860s–1880s

• Link Suez Canal, Prince of Wales

Suez is already linked. Just did link Prince of Wales.--Երևանցի ^talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Second marriage and later life

• Duplink: Privy Councilor

Not really--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• his creative labors was --> his creative labors, was

 Fixed--Երևանցի ^talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

• After meeting Aivazovsky in person, Anton Chekhov wrote a letter to his wife Can it be clear whose wife is being referred to?
• Link Niagara Falls

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Death

• What is a sarcophagus?

See sarcophagus: "A sarcophagus (plural, sarcophagi; sarcophaguses) is a box-like funeral receptacle for a corpse, most commonly carved in stone, and displayed above ground, though it may also be buried."--Երևանցի ^talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Aivazovsky the artist

• The section could be better renamed as "As an artist"

I renamed it to simply "Art", similar to the Vincent van Gogh article.--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• Please mention from where the quotes come from

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• During his sixty-year career Numbers above 10 are typically kept in digits

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Exhibitions

• He held fifty-five solo exhibitions Numbers above 10 are typically kept in digits

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Style

• Duplink: Maxim Vorobiev

 Fixed--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• remained faithful to this movement [Romanticism] all his life, even though he oriented his work toward the Realist genre Quoted from? There are similar instances in the following lines

 Fixed--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• Ayvazovsky's Should this not be Aivazovsky's? Needs to be consistent.

 Fixed--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Works

• An interesting fact to note is that some art critics have labeled Ivan Aivazovsky's paintings Orientalist. Source?

Removed. It was added by someone else.--Երևանցի ^talk 09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• two-peaked biblical mountain What is that?

See Mount Ararat. It is considered a "biblical mountain" due to its association with the flood myth and Noah's Ark. It is pretty obvious in the context.--Երևանցի ^talk 09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• Duplinks: Russian (Eastern) Armenia, Gabriel Aivazovsky

Recognition

• Who is Janet Whitmore?

An art historian[1]. Fixed! --Երևանցի ^talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

• Duplinks: Alexandre Benois, Anton Chekhov

 Fixed--Երևանցի ^talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Influence

• Arkhip Kuindzhi (1841/2–1910) is cited as having been Cited by whom?

 Fixed--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Legacy

• Duplink: Simferopol

 Fixed--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• The minor planet 3787 Aivazovskij was discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh in 1977 Can add "and was named after Aivazovsky" to show his association explicitly?

 Done--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

• Is every point in the "Awards" table sourced?

Yes. The reference next to the column header "Award" is the source used.--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

That should be all. Good luck! Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 14:41, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

@Yerevantsi: In the places where I ask "what is this", you should link or explain those terms in the article. Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 09:22, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Ok. All done.--Երևանցի ^talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks Yerevantsi. No copyvio was detected and sources are fine. The prose is well-written and the article suffices in images. I am happy to promote this as a GA. Excellent job! Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 10:56, 28 March 2016 (UTC)