Talk:Ivan Aivazovsky/GA1

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

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

Lead[edit]

  • 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)[reply]
It would be good to do so. No harm in stating it. Sainsf <^>Feel at home 13:12, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]
  • Can we have links for Armenia and Ukraine here?
 Done--Երևանցի talk 12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Background and education[edit]

  • Do we need bold here?
 Fixed--Երևանցի talk 12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Aivazovsky's brother, Gabriel, was a prominent historian and an Armenian Apostolic archbishop. Source?
 Done--Երևանցի talk 12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Duplink: Imperial Academy of Arts
 Fixed--Երևանցի talk 12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]

First visit to Europe[edit]

  • his brother Gabriel Elder or younger to him?
Elder. Already specified in the section above. --Երևանցի talk 09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Can Catholic, Berlin, Italian art and Vienna be linked?
 Done--Երևանցի talk 09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • "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)[reply]

Return to Russia and first marriage[edit]

  • Link Romanticism
 Done--Երևանցի talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • and attract heavy criticism Should it be "attracted"?
 Fixed--Երևանցի talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Duplink: Baltic Fleet
 Done--Երևանցի talk 09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Rise to prominence[edit]

  • In 1857, Aivazovsky visited Constantinople and ... of St. Vladimir in 1865. Source?
 Fixed--Երևանցի talk 09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • "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)[reply]

Travels and accolades: 1860s–1880s[edit]

  • Link Suez Canal, Prince of Wales
Suez is already linked. Just did link Prince of Wales.--Երևանցի talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Second marriage and later life[edit]

  • Duplink: Privy Councilor
Not really--Երևանցի talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • his creative labors was --> his creative labors, was
 Fixed--Երևանցի talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]

Death[edit]

  • 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)[reply]

Aivazovsky the artist[edit]

  • 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)[reply]
  • Please mention from where the quotes come from
 Done--Երևանցի talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • During his sixty-year career Numbers above 10 are typically kept in digits
 Done--Երևանցի talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Exhibitions[edit]

  • He held fifty-five solo exhibitions Numbers above 10 are typically kept in digits
 Done--Երևանցի talk 12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Style[edit]

  • Duplink: Maxim Vorobiev
 Fixed--Երևանցի talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]
  • Ayvazovsky's Should this not be Aivazovsky's? Needs to be consistent.
 Fixed--Երևանցի talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Works[edit]

  • 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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]
  • Duplinks: Russian (Eastern) Armenia, Gabriel Aivazovsky

Recognition[edit]

  • Who is Janet Whitmore?
An art historian[1]. Fixed! --Երևանցի talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • Duplinks: Alexandre Benois, Anton Chekhov
 Fixed--Երևանցի talk 08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Influence[edit]

  • Arkhip Kuindzhi (1841/2–1910) is cited as having been Cited by whom?
 Fixed--Երևանցի talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Legacy[edit]

  • Duplink: Simferopol
 Fixed--Երևանցի talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]

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

@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)[reply]
Ok. All done.--Երևանցի talk 10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

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