Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/An account of the lives and works of the most eminent Spanish painters, sculptors and architects


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The result was   keep. (non-admin closure)  TheSpecialUser TSU 01:55, 5 September 2012 (UTC)

An account of the lives and works of the most eminent Spanish painters, sculptors and architects

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Fails WP:NB. Lack of reliable secondary sources. TYelliot &#124;  Talk  &#124;  Contribs  16:21, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep The 1911 Britannica describes the full 1715–1724 version of this book as "a mine of important biographical material relating to Spanish artists, which, notwithstanding its faulty style, has procured for the author the not altogether undeserved honour of being called the "Spanish Vasari.". The version in question went through English, then French and German editions in 1742-1781. More recently, one can find a 1992 book describing this book as "the starting point for all students of Spanish painting" . AllyD (talk) 20:05, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Visual arts-related deletion discussions. AllyD (talk) 21:38, 29 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep This is historically notable and the paucity of secondary sources is quite obviously because it is Spanish and a couple of hundred years old. We need to be careful of a systemic bias against older subjects that require more library research and knowledge of a language other than English. That the 1911 Britannica has an article on this is frankly good enough for me. I'm not crazy about the index of names but that's an editing issue.  freshacconci  talk talk  22:19, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep The book in question is quoted several times in a monographic catalgue on Diego Velasquez. I have the Italian edition but I think there is also an english version of it. I have added the following footnote at the bottom of the page (Wolf, Norbert, Velázquez, Taschen, Köln, 2000, p.95 (Italian edition) ISBN 3822864471). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Umbertoboccioni99 (talk • contribs) 00:13, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep A book which was translated into English 15 years after first publication, has been through numerous editions over nearly 300 years and is in print today is going to be notable. WP:NB offers guidelines, and there is evidence of notability eg, but it is the spirit, as well as the letter, that we need to consider in deciding on deletion. Are there a grounds for thinking that the book is not notable in its field? --AJHingston (talk) 00:25, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
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 * Strong keep, and wikify. MaNeMeBasat (talk) 11:30, 3 September 2012 (UTC)
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