Talk:Ludwig Gies

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 * The Introduction states that the Crucifix was "soon to be considered ....degenerate art". No context (not even a date) is given for why it would "soon" be regarded as degenerate. This is very confusing for anyone who doesn't already have a considerable amount of knowledge about the period.  When was it considered degenerate and by whom?
 * "the head of Christ and one of the rays were professionally struck off."  The only people who "professionally" strike of heads are executioners.
 * Your source doesn't say that the head was "professionally" struck off. Your source says it was done in a "workmanlike manner" which, at the time was thought to indicate someone had been hied to do the job, but really proves nothing. "Professionally" is the wrong word.


 * "often bizarrely cut".  I have no idea what "bizarrely cut" means.  Does it mean that the things were "bizarrely shaped"?    What does your source actually say?
 * "woodcarving which displayed similarities to medieval devotional figures projecting distorted anguish"
 * Your source doesn't say that the figures were "projecting" distorted anguish. The source says "in distorted anguish"  which is a different matter.  I think the sentence needs stating differently.

Amandajm (talk) 14:23, 7 October 2012 (UTC)
 * A couple of these points are for people with access to the sources cited, which I don't have, (Oh, Googlebooks). Minor re-phrasing carried out. The expression "bizarrely cut" is a direct translation from the German article ("bizarr geschnittene [Reliefs]"), and I don't have any problem with it, but since you do, I've reworded it.Jsmith1000 (talk) 00:03, 9 October 2012 (UTC)
 * On "professional" vs "workmanlike", the source (which by the way isn't "my" source, just a source) is itself only a translation of a comment by Heise, who apparently didn't use either "workmanlike" or "professional" but the German word "fachgerecht", which is in between the two. So I've left it. But there's nothing to prevent you from making whatever edits you think good!Jsmith1000 (talk) 23:00, 9 October 2012 (UTC)