Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Nativity (Christus)

Nativity (Christus)

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/December 25, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 14:00, 3 December 2014 (UTC)



The Nativity is a large oil-on-wood devotional panel painting by the Early Netherlandish artist Petrus Christus, completed between the mid-1440s and mid-1450s. It shows a nativity scene bordered with grisaille archways and trompe-l'oeil sculpted reliefs. Christus was influenced by the first generation of Netherlandish artists, especially Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden, and in its sense of grace, simplicity and naturalism, the panel is characteristic of art of that period. It reflects the 14th century Devotio Moderna movement and contains complex Christian iconography, juxtaposing Old and New Testament saints and figures with great subtlety. The sculpted archway reliefs depict Old Testament ideas of sin and punishment, signaling the advent of Christ's sacrifice. The composition employs geometric forms and a bold use of color. In the 1930s, Andrew Mellon bequeathed it to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, as one of several hundreds works donated from his personal collection.


 * Most recent similar article(s): Freedom from Want (20th-century picture, 27 November); before that, the most recent article looking at 15th-century art was Early Netherlandish painting in March 2014 (16th-century art articles in July and August 2014 with Pope Paul III and His Grandsons and The Blind Leading the Blind respectively)
 * Main editors: Victoriaearle
 * Promoted: November 18, 2014
 * Reasons for nomination: For Christmas
 * Support as nominator. Victoria (tk) 22:33, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support. It's a beautifully written article and will make a wonderful Christmas TFA. SlimVirgin (talk) 23:40, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, this article related to the major organized religion Christianity, which its Wikipedia article calls: "the world's largest religion, with nearly 2.4 billion adherents". Also, helps with WP:WORLDVIEW, as piece of artwork by an Early Netherlandish painter. Congratulations on the recent WP:FA promotion, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:46, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * "Most recents" added for you, Victoria, per your request on my talk page. I'll check the template syntax in case there's a problem or a way of improving the instructions. BencherliteTalk 23:48, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * So it appears the most recent would be 27 November, and this is for 25 December. So less than one month's time between the two. And yet about one month. That seems perfectly fine to me. :) &mdash; Cirt (talk) 23:53, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support A great article and perfect for an encyclopedic coverage of Christmas. Johnuniq (talk) 01:44, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Agreed,, thank you, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:05, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support as very detailed and well-written  Snuggums ( talk  /  edits ) 04:01, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree wholeheartedly and I echo this comment by Snuggums, the article is indeed incredibly well-detailed and meticulously sourced and cited throughout with in-line citations, I applaud the Quality improvement efforts of the nominator who has done simply an outstanding and wonderful job bringing this to WP:FA. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 09:29, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Very appropriate. —  Cliftonian   (talk)  09:56, 19 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support Clearly. Well done Victoria. Ceoil (talk) 23:58, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Support A great idea! It's a very well-written article, and has a high-quality copy of the painting (a featured picture, in fact.) Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:11, 23 November 2014 (UTC)