User talk:Sgj7

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Peer review
Hi Sophia, this is Sedona. I wanted to start by saying that you have a topic that the general public is more likely to be familiar with (at least in comparison to mine!) and therefore probably gets more traffic; kudos on the good work so far! One impression I had was that some of the sentences seemed to run on a bit long, and could be broken up into more manageable pieces--for example, the fourth sentence in the introductory paragraph, and the last sentence in the "Seclusion" section. I'm sure many of these sentences were already on the page when you got here, but that's just something that I think could help the overall flow of the article. In the "19th-century reopening" section, I thought it was helpful that you added the image of the Hokusai Manga print. There were a few spots in that section that I think could benefit from a little cleaning: in the second paragraph, La Porte Chinoise is mentioned starting in the fifth sentence, but the last sentence of the paragraph is written like it is intended to introduce the store, and should maybe come earlier. Perhaps these two sentences could be combined and simplified:

"La Porte Chinoise, in particular, attracted artists James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas who drew inspiration from the prints.[13]" and "In 1862, La Porte Chinoise, a shop selling various Japanese goods including prints, opened in the rue de Rivoli, one of the most fashionable shopping streets in Paris, and counted numerous artists from this art circle, like James Tissot, among its clients.[3]"

The rest of the paragraphs section, despite being pretty information-heavy, do not have enough citations to support them. It seems like those were also there already, based on your revision history, so I hope it isn't too difficult to hunt down those sources. I wasn't sure if you prefer the section to be organized chronologically or geographically; I personally felt a little disoriented jumping from country to country, but I can certainly see an argument for tracing the increasing influence of Japonism through the later decades of the 1800s. Whichever you decide on, maybe breaking the section down into those categories would help the reader follow the development more deliberately.

The "Artists and movements" section is very informative, but there are some inconsistencies and discrepancies that would be good to clean up. Sometimes "ukiyo-e" is italicized and sometimes it is not; also, "Japonism," "japanesque," and "Japonisme" are each used in different paragraphs. If they are supposed to be used differently depending on the context, it might be helpful to state that; otherwise, maybe standardizing the terminology would help for the sake of clarity. One thing that jumped out at me was the first sentence of the section on Whistler; it says that "Japanese art was exhibited in Britain beginning in the early 1950s"!

Overall, I think you're doing some great work, and look forward to seeing your final product! Slh140 (talk) 01:41, 19 March 2017 (UTC)

Peer Review
Hi Sophia, Chris here. First of all, good job on tackling this article. It is quite a project. You're doing great and I hope these edits and suggestions help you continue to sharpen your work.

Let me start by saying that I am not wholly sure which material is yours and which is from the original article, so if anything I say is something you plan to change, then please disregard it! Also, if it helps you, I have printed out your article on which my handwritten edits are located. I'd be happy to share them with you.

1. I think that the first sentence of your article should be its strongest. You might be able to tighten it by combining the most important elements from sentences 1 and 2. For example: First described by French art critic and collector Philippe Burty in 1872, Japonism, from the French Japonisme, is the study of Japanese art and artistic talent. This is just food for thought, but something that I noticed immediately.

2. Across the article, I noticed several redundancies that you could easily remove to streamline the final product. I always try to read my work aloud several times to see how is feels coming out of my mouth. If I can't speak through it easily, then I normally go back and adjusted my wording. I've given you a couple examples for how you may restructure sentences from the opening paragraph. Please don't feel obliged to take my suggestions, if you don't want.

Right now, the sentence reads: In France the term Japonisme refers to a specific French style which mainly found expression in the fine arts from 1864,[3] while in England it initially influenced the decorative arts, with the first documented pieces of furniture in the Anglo-Japanese style completed in 1862, even if the term Anglo-Japanese was used as early as 1851.

I find this a little hard to follow. Is there a way to remove some of the information already established? ex: In France, Japonisme refers to a style that mainly found expression in the fine arts from 1864, whereas in England, it influenced the decorative arts first. The first documented pieces of furniture in the Anglo-Japanese style completed in 1862, although the term Anglo-Japanese was used as early as 1851.

3. I would avoid writing parenthetically. This is stylistic, I understand, but I don't think that it is the most effective means to provide information in the most easily absorbed manner. Instead, consider breaking the sentences up.

4. This relates to point three. There are some very long sentences throughout the article that I had a hard time following. I am prone to writing very long sentences. As such, I've trained myself to write review, review, and review my work.. I would go back and see which pieces you can break apart. If you do this, the article may flow a little more easily and the great research and work put into it will stand out.

5. I assume that you will be fixing this, but there are many places that still lack citations.

6. Watch out for superlatives! Was the 1862 Exhibition in London really one of the most important events in the history of Japanese art in the West? If so, can you give me more than one source to strengthen that claim? I spotted a couple others in the article also.

Lucky # 7. I just wanted to reiterate that you are doing great work on a very well documented and challenging article. Keep it up and let me know if there is anything that I can do for you.

C — Preceding unsigned comment added by Csmccloskey (talk • contribs) 21:55, 19 March 2017 (UTC)