User:JBmerlin/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Gesture drawing


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article provides a broad overview of the idea of gesture drawing, focusing on the benefits for artistic practice. However, there are several aspects to the concept that are not represented in the article: the history of gesture drawing, distinct techniques, and significant gesture drawings made by prominent artists. Additionally, the article includes some passages that sound like value judgements, which could be edited to achieve a more factual tone. Though a list of references is included at the bottom of this page, individual claims throughout the article are not cited.
 * The talk page includes a critique of previous wording in the article, which has apparently been changed.


 * Sources

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Maria Yakunchikova


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article provides a relevant and neutral overview of the life of Maria Yakunchikova. Most (but not all) of the claims in the article are cited, and appear to lead to reputable sources.
 * The article is heavily focused on biographical details, and could be improved by distinguishing and developing a separate section on Yakunchikova's artistic style. Yakunchikova's connections to the Mir iskusstva movement and her relationship to folk art could also be described more clarity. This article could also be improved by adding citations to uncited claims, and by correcting certain links--for example, a reference to "the World of Art movement" links to Wikipedia's page about a commercial series of art books, rather than the page about the Mir iskusstva movement which is intended.


 * Sources

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Ende (artist)


 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is relevant and neutral, providing a brief overview of the identity of this artist and her historical context. However, descriptions of her style of artwork are vague, and some passages in the article can be improved for clarity. Claims are appropriately cited, leading to apparently reliable sources. There is no discussion on the Talk page.
 * One way the article could be improved is through incorporating some of the excellent images of Ende's artwork available on WikiArt.


 * Sources

Option 4

 * Article title
 * Joanna Mary Boyce


 * Article Evaluation
 * This page provides a relevant and neutral overview of the life of Joanna Mary Boyce. Those citations that are provided seem to lead to reputable sources; however, not all claims are cited. The article skews heavily towards biographical detail, and could be improved by distinguishing and expanding separate sections on Boyce's artistic practice and her relationship to the ideas and aesthetics of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Information could be added from new sources, as well as additional information from the sources already referenced. The only discussion on the talk page is about an updated link.


 * Sources

Option 5

 * Article title
 * Dun Emer Press


 * Article Evaluation
 * This page provides a relevant and neutral overview of the history of Dun Emer Press. Claims are well-cited, and citations appear to lead to reputable sources. The article could be improved by the addition and development of separate sections, including sections on the aesthetic culture of the press, its Irish nationalist connections, and its relationship to the Arts and Crafts movement. The article also needs an infobox. Provided information could be expanded by drawing on new sources, and by referencing the many sources referenced in the current article.
 * There is no discussion on the talk page.


 * Sources
 * Miller, Liam. The Dun Emer Press, Later the Cuala Press, Etc. Ireland, Dolmen Press, 1973.
 * Miller, Liam. The Dun Emer Press, Later the Cuala Press, Etc. Ireland, Dolmen Press, 1973.