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Mural with Blue Brushstroke, Mermaid (Roy Lichtenstein)
- ( Article history links: Mural with Blue Brushstroke
- Mermaid (Roy Lichtenstein) )
- ... that Roy Lichtenstein was commissioned to create Mural with Blue Brushstroke, but his first commission for public art was Mermaid?
Created/expanded by TonyTheTiger (talk). Self nom at 13:05, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
Both the 'Mural' and 'Mermaid' articles are a little too short with 1481 and 1491 characters, removing all the quotes. Mikenorton (talk) 22:12, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
- Is there a new rule about removing all the quotes? Quotes are prose.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:15, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
- P.S. pages reformatted and expanded.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:25, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
- OK, re-reading the rules I see that it only mentions 'block quotes', so sorry - not that a small increase will have harmed these articles and thanks for that. The articles are both new enough and long enough with enough citations. AGF for Plagiarism/copyvio. I don't personally find the hook that interesting - perhaps something referring to them being amongst his few major commissioned pieces of public art (based on this)? Mikenorton (talk) 21:08, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
- I am not comfortable with the change you are suggesting because I don't believe the source you are pointing me to is complete. Those are selected commissions.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:18, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
- OK, fair enough, how about (based on the same source)
- ALT1 ... that Mural with Blue Brushstroke and Mermaid were amongst Roy Lichtenstein's major commissioned pieces of public art? Mikenorton (talk) 21:10, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
- That is O.K., but it seems less interesting than the original.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:57, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
What is going on with this nom?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 04:10, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
- ALT 2 ... that Roy Lichtenstein's first commissioned public art Mermaid was regarded as "dazzlingly silly and provocative" while his later effort Mural with Blue Brushstroke was “a hedonistic view of earthly insignificance" ? Froggerlaura ribbit 21:26, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
I find myself singularly underwhelmed by the article about Mermaid. From the article, I couldn't figure out where it is (the location is a redlink). A little web research indicates that it's not in Miami proper (as the article states), but in Miami Beach, at the Jackie Gleason Center at the Miami Beach Convention Center. (See this article for more information.) There have been problems with maintenance of the artwork, but it was restored and rededicated in 2001 (according to this webpage) and again in 2010 (according to this page). The Jackie Gleason Center is being torn down (or perhaps has already been torn down), and I haven't figured out what the current status of the sculpture is. I don't believe that an article that is so unclueful about its topic as this one is deserves to be featured on the main page. --Orlady (talk) 22:17, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
- Regarding hooks, IMO the best way to handle these is to look for separate hooks for the two articles. There is no particularly good reason to connect these two articles, as only thing these artworks appear to have in common is that they were commissioned as public art. However, Mural with Blue Brushstroke incorporates elements of the artist's other works, including Artist's Studio—Look Mickey, which in turn incorporates another earlier work. IMO, Blush Brushstroke should be combined with the May 9th nomination for Artist's Studio—Look Mickey and Look Mickey, to make a single 3-article hook. See Template:Did you know nominations/Artist's Studio—Look Mickey, Look Mickey. --Orlady (talk) 22:28, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
- I believe that you are mistaken regarding the sampling of a sampling of work that you describe.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:14, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
- As of February 2012, the theater is still standing [1] so I would assume the sculpture is still there. Froggerlaura ribbit 23:37, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
- I see no strong reasons to pair up these two articles in particular for a double hook. Please split them up.
- ALT 3 ... that Mermaid in Miami Beach was Roy Lichtenstein's first commissioned public art?
- ALT 4 ... that rather than the five colors he generally uses, Roy Lichtenstein used eighteen colors in Mural with Blue Brushstroke?
- --69.158.118.187 (talk) 03:38, 3 June 2012 (UTC)