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 &lt;^&gt; 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? -- Ե րևանցի talk  12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)
 * It would be good to do so. No harm in stating it. Sainsf  &lt;^&gt; 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.-- Ե րևանցի talk  10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)


 *  During his almost sixty-year career We generally keep numbers above or equal to 10 in digits.
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի talk  12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Can we have links for Armenia and Ukraine here?
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի talk  12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Background and education

 * Do we need bold here?
 * -- Ե րևանցի talk  12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Aivazovsky's brother, Gabriel, was a prominent historian and an Armenian Apostolic archbishop. Source?
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի talk  12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Duplink: Imperial Academy of Arts
 * -- Ե րևանցի 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.-- Ե րևանցի 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. -- Ե րևանցի talk  09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Can Catholic, Berlin, Italian art and Vienna be linked?
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի talk  09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)


 * "The echo of the success of his Italian exhibitions was even heard in Russia." Who said this?
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի talk  09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Return to Russia and first marriage

 * Link Romanticism
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի talk  08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)


 * and attract heavy criticism Should it be "attracted"?
 * -- Ե րևանցի talk  10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Duplink: Baltic Fleet
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի talk  09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Rise to prominence

 * In 1857, Aivazovsky visited Constantinople and ... of St. Vladimir in 1865. Source?
 * -- Ե րևանցի 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.
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի 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.-- Ե րևանցի talk  08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Second marriage and later life

 * Duplink: Privy Councilor
 * Not really-- Ե րևանցի talk  10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)


 * his creative labors was --> his creative labors, was
 * -- Ե րևանցի 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
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի 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."-- Ե րևանցի 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.-- Ե րևանցի talk  10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Please mention from where the quotes come from
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի talk  10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)


 * During his sixty-year career Numbers above 10 are typically kept in digits
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի talk  08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Exhibitions

 * He held fifty-five solo exhibitions Numbers above 10 are typically kept in digits
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի talk  12:56, 26 March 2016 (UTC)

Style

 * Duplink: Maxim Vorobiev
 * -- Ե րևանցի 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
 * -- Ե րևանցի talk  10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)


 *  Ayvazovsky's Should this not be Aivazovsky's? Needs to be consistent.
 * -- Ե րևանցի 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.-- Ե րևանցի 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.-- Ե րևանցի talk  09:08, 28 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Duplinks: Russian (Eastern) Armenia, Gabriel Aivazovsky

Recognition

 * Who is Janet Whitmore?
 * An art historian. Fixed! -- Ե րևանցի talk  08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)


 * Duplinks: Alexandre Benois, Anton Chekhov
 * -- Ե րևանցի talk  08:58, 27 March 2016 (UTC)

Influence

 * Arkhip Kuindzhi (1841/2–1910) is cited as having been Cited by whom?
 * -- Ե րևանցի talk  10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Legacy

 * Duplink: Simferopol
 * -- Ե րևանցի 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?
 * ✅-- Ե րևանցի 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.-- Ե րևանցի talk  10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

That should be all. Good luck! Sainsf &lt;^&gt; Feel at home 14:41, 24 March 2016 (UTC)
 * In the places where I ask "what is this", you should link or explain those terms in the article. Sainsf  &lt;^&gt; Feel at home 09:22, 28 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Ok. All done.-- Ե րևանցի talk  10:47, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. 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 &lt;^&gt; Feel at home 10:56, 28 March 2016 (UTC)