Template:Did you know nominations/Sacra conversazione


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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:21, 17 March 2017 (UTC)

Sacra conversazione

 * ... that a sacra conversazione is a painting of the Virgin and Child in the company of saints (example pictured)? Source: "Sacra Conversazione comes from the Italian meaning holy conversation; it is applied to an altarpiece in which attendant saints are grouped in a unified space around the centralised Virgin and Child in a single panel." Glossary: Sacra Conversazione. National Gallery,
 * ALT1:... that in earlier paintings of a sacra conversazione ("holy conversation"), the figures are rarely shown speaking (example pictured)? Source: "In 15th-century works the saints are only rarely engaged in actual conversation; they are frequently meditating or reading." Glossary: Sacra Conversazione. National Gallery
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/John Harvey Kellogg
 * Comment: Plenty of other pics available

5x expanded by Johnbod (talk). Self-nominated at 15:45, 10 March 2017 (UTC).


 * Good expansion, on good sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obious. The licensed image is perfect to illustrate the point. I like the ALT so much better that I strike the other which I hope many would answer saying "Yes, I know". I don't think we need quotation marks around a simple translation framed by brackets. - Added (pictured), twice. - If you have a source for the meaning(s) of conversazione, even better. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:53, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
 * ps: As "sacred" is closer to "sacra", I'd prefer that, so
 * ALT2: ... that in earlier paintings of a sacra conversazione (sacred conversation), the figures are rarely shown speaking (example pictured)?
 * Symbol voting keep.svg --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:58, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Why this symbol, Gerda? Johnbod (talk) 04:01, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Do you mean the AGF symbol? If yes, because of the offline sources, - I thought that was obvious. - Once I am here again, I really prefer "sacred", in analogy to "sacred music", not "holy music" (and even for sacred music I was told the other day that it isn't really sacred = to be venerated). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:11, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * But all the sources needed are online and quoted above. Like most native speakers, I prefer "holy" but can live with sacred. Johnbod (talk) 12:59, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Not sure what you mean by "the sources needed". I talk about the sources for the article, some books, some subscription required. - Whether the tick is green or blue does not matter for promotion. - The prep builder can decide holy ar sacred or leave untranslated, to raise curiosity. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:06, 12 March 2017 (UTC)