I was browsing through artwork images, found the FA of Dante and Virgil in Hell, and then came upon this gem. The painting is by
William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It's quite the image, from its realism to its eerie sexuality. The softness of the full-size is from the artwork, not the scan.
Nominate and support. - --
Iriseyes 18:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Weak oppose The softness is partly due to the scan, I can't see the brushstrokes clearly. There are also blown highlights in the sleeves... --
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Talk 19:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment - Please try to address the unsharpness problem of this image because I like Bouguereau very much.
Alvesgaspar 19:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Oppose It isn't in the Bouguereau article the last time I checked - is it in any articles? Also, I reckon the blown sleeve unfortunately reduces its worth compared with other ARC images
Leon 22:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment It's in
The Nut Gatherers. By the way, "eerie sexuality?" Is this painting supposed to allude to childhood sexuality or something? I don't know how you can read so much into her glance --
frothTC 22:42, 14 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Maybe I've been corrupted by art classes. But when going over his works, a huge emphasis in our texts and lectures was the sexual and provocative side to his works. Or maybe that was just my school? --
Iriseyes 23:35, 14 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Oh. I'm a computer science guy so I can't say I'm too schooled in art :) I guess I should stick with technical issues with FPCs --
frothTC 00:23, 15 December 2006 (UTC)reply
<inappropriate> I think it's inferred from the title of the piece. </inappropriate>
Debivort 05:32, 15 December 2006 (UTC)reply
She's holding nuts. And they're female. --
frothTC 14:46, 15 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Oppose Per others. The blurred/soft nature is slight, and only really visible on full size, but still enough to knock it off, given standards for FP paintings.
Staxringoldtalkcontribs 22:45, 14 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Support I'm not sure how much of the 'blurriness' is just Bouguereau's soft style of painting. The man sure did have a foot fetish didn't he? Anyway, it's a high enough res and color quality, and illustrate's this artist's style exceptionally well. --
Bridgecross 02:24, 15 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Support - very high res makes up for potential softness of scan. Do we know that the image isn't softly painted?Debivort 05:32, 15 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Oppose - per Avlesgaspar below. Since it is not a faithful reproduction, encyclopedicity is lacking.
Debivort 16:24, 15 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Oppose - If we look here
[2] we can confirm that the softness of the image is just the result of being out of focus (or, maybe, of resampling from a smaller picture), that is not Bouguereau style for sure. The same with the blown highlights in the sleeves.
Alvesgaspar 08:51, 15 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Ooh that one is much better. Support that one if someone can get their hands on it --
frothTC 14:48, 15 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Here it is. --
Bernard 19:34, 15 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Bad jpeg artifacts though. --
Bernard 19:37, 15 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Along the sharp edges, like the arms of the right girl. I am quite confident it's jpeg artifacts. --
Bernard 00:53, 16 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Or in the left girl's left check - there's some checkering. :-(
Debivort 08:16, 16 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Oppose alternative version too. It's a pitty but you are right, the artifacts in the sleevs and cheek are too visible.
Alvesgaspar 16:25, 16 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Oppose - It's only in the article about the painting itself, which is a stub, so I can't see its encyclopedic value. An image being used such a little amount would have to be flawless on the technical side to be featured. --
Arctic Gnome 00:41, 18 December 2006 (UTC)reply
Not promoted MER-C 06:49, 23 December 2006 (UTC)reply