User:Mbleeke1/Evaluate an Article

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Casket with Scenes of Romances (Walters 71264)

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I was looking for a general article on Gothic ivories, but there isn't one. So I picked this as an article about a specific object. I'm not all that impressed... The intro section seems long. It's very general - more about caskets in general. The image choices are odd.

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There's a first paragraph that gives some basic id info. Then it goes on a bit about Gothic ivories in general. Then it comes back to the casket, but that paragraph is poorly sourced. There are unsupported statements. Then there's a long section on iconography, the images, and section about the Courtauld Gothic ivories project.

I'd like to see a section on the history of the casket, to see the info on ivories in general sectioned off (or taken out), a section about other caskets, comparisons to them. Basically a better structure. And with that a clarification of the topic: is it about this object, about caskets, about Gothic ivories?

The references seem old to me. Is there more recent scholarship?

Its part of the art and France projects. The quality is rated as low. No work on it for a year and no significant work for 10+ years.