User:Eddydelcroix/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Art for art's sake

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
In my sophomore year of high school, I took AP Art History, and ever since, I have become interested in the art world. I think there is a lot of history and knowledge to be gained by looking at art throughout history and how it has impacted our perception of certain events or ideas. The title of this article stuck out to me because it is a slogan and it is not a phrase I have ever heard, and there seems to be a good amount of information on the page for a slogan.

Evaluate the article
The first paragraph of the lead section gives a concise overview of what the phrase means and the context behind it. The second paragraph of the lead section includes how the phrase is used commercially and gives MGM's iconic lion photo as an example, which while it is something worth noting, feels out of place in the lead section and should be moved to another section.

The article gives a thorough summary of the history behind the phrase and when it was starting to gain momentum. It incorporates many important historical figures who used this phrase and why they did or did not use the phrase, and also includes criticism by philosopher Nietzsche and theorist Karl Marx. However, there could be a lot more content added to the article, especially when addressing Wikipedia's equity gaps. All of the names mentioned in this article were almost all white men, and I think this article would be even stronger if it included conversations of women historical figures who have ties with this phrase. The article could also benefit by including how this phrase is now used or not used in the modern day.

The article does a great job incorporating different points of view on this phrase, and they neutrally show these views not showing bias or favor towards one point of view. The article includes quotes from multiple people and their views on the phrase, and I do think the quotes are a strong part of this article.

Reliable sources back up the article's content. The article has a good balance of reliable websites and academic peer-reviewed journals/writings. They reflect the literature of the topic very well, all of the sources surround themselves with either the actual phrase or philosophy/art history during this time of the phrase.

The article is well-written and concise. However, the article could have used more sections containing more information on this topic (eg: modern-day use). This phrase has also been used multiple times in history, which in this case the article could have more sections for the different periods.

There are no visuals in this article, but perhaps an image of this phrase written/seen somewhere in a political context would make the article stronger.

There is not much conversation in the talk section, however, the most notable comment would be from 2006 where someone objected to a sentence made in a former heading of "before photography." The sentence appeared to have a non-factual statement of art in the Middle Ages and users criticized it being there.