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Evaluate an article
This is where you will complete your article evaluation. Please use the template below to evaluate your selected article.


 * Name of article: List of Works about Rembrandt (List of works about Rembrandt)
 * Briefly describe why you have chosen this article to evaluate: I have chosen this article because I have always been interested in Flemish paintings during my study in AH102. As a result, I want to continue to evaluate on this article to gain more understanding about this topic.

Lead

 * Lead evaluation:
 * There is a leading sentence introducing the accomplishments of Rembrandt as well as his fields of studies. There is also a quotation from Rembrandt scholar Stephanie Dickey which highlights his accomplishments as well as recognition by critics to demonstrate his influence even during the current period of time. These are also being divided into sections ranging from nonfiction works, literacy works, films, documentaries, lectures and conferences, and visual arts. It is rather concise and provided sufficient knowledge about the works completed on the topic of Rembrandt.

Content

 * Guiding questions

Content evaluation:
The content is relevant to the topic as it lists all the works completed around the topic of Rembrandt. It is divided into categories mentioned in the lead and provided author, title, date and language of the study. However, it seems to be a little out of date as I seen very few articles being published in the 2020 and most of the articles being more than 10 years old. There are also a few documents which does not follow the format with only the name of the project. Overall, the content provided lists of scholarly and categrized article relating to Rembrandt.

Tone and Balance

 * Tone and balance evaluation

The overall tone and balance of the article is rather neutral because it is simply a compilation of lists of published works about Rembrandt. This allows researchers who are currently studying about the topics relating to Rembrandt. However, It is possible that the linked articles are rather biased and make some point over represented or underrepresented.

Sources and References

 * Sources and references evaluation
 * There are not many facts given in the article except the lead which gives a brief introduction to Rembrandt. It is backed by references and reliable source. Furthermore, I have checked a few of the articles in the list of works about Rembrandt, which are credible sources and properly linked. It is also published by a variety of authors and have a number of different forms of media. This allows a variety of sources to be presented in the article. However, the researcher should keep in mind that the linked article could be unreliable or biased when using them as sources for future research.

Organization

 * Organization evaluation

It is divided into sections being Nonfiction works, Literacy works, films, Documentaries, lectures and conferences, visual arts with smaller subsections. It is rather organized in a way that is clear and concise which allows to viewer to quickly navigate through those sources and find what they are looking for. As I examined the whole article, there are no grammatical and spelling errors, but rather problems on formatting of the linked sources.

Images and Media

 * Images and media evaluation
 * As I was examining the article I realized that there are three pictures in this source which are all statues of Rembrandt in different locations around the world. Those images are well-captioned and provided further understanding about the topic of Rembrandt. However, I don't think simply showing pictures of sculptures would demonstrate the topic in all aspects as there are also journals, films, documentaries, conferences on this topic. It is possible to include pictures of some journals excerpts and lectures to provide a more wholistic understanding of the topic.

Checking the talk page

 * Talk page evaluation
 * The article is within the WikiProject Visual Arts. However, there are no conversations relating to this topic.

Overall impressions

 * Overall evaluation
 * Over all the article is in a good status, despite a few formatting and sources being a little outdated. The strength of the article is that it provided a index for any researchers interested in the topic of Rembrandt where there are multimedia sources provided. I believe that the topic is already well-developed because there are multiple articles with from a range of different artists. There are also relevantly new edits which are linking new articles on this particular field of study.

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