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 * Islamic Art
 * I have chosen this article to evaluate because I am curious about the topic.

Lead
The Lead does include an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic. The lead additionally includes an introductory sentence that concisely and clearly describes the article's topic. It does include information not present in the rest of the article about the ban of depicting animate beings in Islamic art. The Lead is concise and straightforward.

Content

 * The content of the article is relevant to the topic. The content is up to date, since it is historical there is not much new information that needs added. It doesn't seem like there is any content that does not belong, however the section on Islamic architecture could be expanded on.

Tone and Balance
The article is very neutral, it doesn't lean one way or another due to bias. Although there are viewpoints that cover slightly more information than others, they are all pretty close to even. The only persuasion the article enforces on the reader is the viewpoint that much of the art is beautiful and elegant.

Sources and References
The facts in the article seemed to be backed up by reliable secondary sources, according to its references. Many sources used for the article are thorough and are from books and journals. he sources however are not current, the most recent article dates back to 2011. The links do work.

Organization


The article is very well written and is concise, clear and easy to read. I could not spot any grammatical or spelling errors. The article is fairly well organized, but the history could have gone before the rest of the information. The sections do reflect the major points of the topic.

Images and Media


The article does a great job of including images that enhance understanding of the topic. The images are not that well captioned, some of them do not appear to describe the medium of art or the date. All images adhere to Wikipedia's copyright regulations. The images are laid out in a visually appealing way, bouncing around the article to guide your eye down.

Checking the talk page


There are conversations about how there needs to be an expansion of modern islamic art included in the topic. It is rated C-class (mid-importance). It is part of the visual arts WikiProject. The Wikipedia page goes more into depth about the fine details of islamic art and architecture that we did not cover in class.

Overall impressions
The article covers many topics and condenses it into one manageable article. It is easy to navigate and find specific information you are looking for. The article could add more information on islamic architecture in particular to improve its status. Overall the article is pretty well developed, there is quite a lot of information included within the page.

Optional activity

 * Link to feedback: Talk:Islamic art