Template:Did you know nominations/The Punishment of Lust

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The result was: promoted by Victuallers (talk) 09:46, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

The Punishment of Lust[edit]

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The Punishment of Lust, 1891

... that the Walker Art Gallery changed the name of Giovanni Segantini's painting The Punishment of Lust (pictured) to avoid offending the Victorian public?

ALT1:~~... that The Punishment of Lust is to float around in the Alps?~~
Reviewed: List of accolades received by Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Comment: The image is a bit pathetic at DYK size, don't you think? But it really needs some image unless we go with the second hook, so I've given a mysterious cropped detail.

Created by Belle (talk). Self-nominated at 13:39, 25 September 2015 (UTC).

Interesting topic, on good sources. I am afraid I like the complete image better than the crop. It should be pictured! In the description, does everybody know "in limbo"? "the inclusion of withered trees symbolises" - can you include who says so? I like the original hook, giving a feeling for time and taste. Can you get a bit more of "The mysterious atmosphere set by the painting is in line with the painter's metaphysical views about the connection between human and natural life." in the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gerda Arendt (talk • contribs) 10:34, 07 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for cleaning up after me, Mandarax, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:10, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Ms Arendt doesn't seem to have actually reviewed the article w/r/t DYK criteria, so just to take care of that: new enough at time of submission; presently long enough (~3350 elig. char.); no overt bias and well-enough sourced; earwig finds a 98% chance of copyvio... because of a repost project that copied Belle's work; QPQ done (and love "copyplagaphrasing"). ALT1 was far more interesting but since it's been nixed, the OP is also basically fine. The source being used—the painting's page at Liverpool Museum—was obviously written by someone who has no idea what they're talking about. How they could even imagine a 12th century monk would name a poem "Nirvana" is beyond me: even cursory googling would've shown them Luigi Illica was a 19th century librettist. The original phrasing ("provocative") is also a little different from "offensive". That said, it's the museum's own page and they are a decent (if original) source on the subject of why they previously renamed the painting. Added some links.

The painting's in the public domain and has its license more or less in order. (It's dubious that this image was published in the US before 1923, but the artist died over 100 years ago so it's clear regardless.) I'll leave it up to the admin setting up the list whether the image shows up well enough or is even necessary. It's a pretty ugly painting and is probably more intriguing if people aren't sure what it's going to look like.

G2G. — LlywelynII 19:42, 3 November 2015 (UTC)