Talk:Paolo Uccello

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[edit] September 2005

I have added a stumpy and naive run-through of his famous painting's life. It is missing some vital names, and could do with some TLC. Better than nothing, at least.

I'm unsure why there is some (incorrect) information on the battle of San Romana's page, describing this painting's history.

--Iacobus 03:16, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] November 2005

Added bibliographic details. I plan to do more work on this page: hope this doesn't clash with anyone else's plans.

--Iacobus 06:50, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

Biography and list of works added to present. I have substituted a new opening paragraph and deleted text about origins of Battle of San Romano panels, as this seems (from my reading) to be somewhat apocryphal, and marginal to a general article about the artist. At some point I aim to create pages for each of Paolo's major works.

[edit] Action-Item List from Peer Review

Following are some bulleted items from the Peer Review by Awadewit in March 2007. If anyone is interested in addressing some of these items in his/her edits to the article, please then place indented comments within the list as individual items are responded to.

General comment 1: Consider dividing his life into subsections: Early life and apprenticeship, Florence, etc.

General comment 2: Consider including a separate section on Paolo Uccello's aesthetic so that you can delve into an analysis of his paintings. You might have a subsection here on his artistic legacy or even make that a separate section altogether.

General comment 3: There are several one-sentence paragraphs. Can these be worked into the narrative or expanded?

He had some influence on twentieth century art and literary criticism. - what kind of influence? Consider adding a hint to the lead.

His nickname Uccello came from his fondness for painting birds. - could one simply add "Uccello, which means "bird" in Latin,.."

His father, Dono di Paolo, was a barber-surgeon from Pratovecchio near Arezzo, his mother’s name was Antonia. - awkwardly worded
Tell why it is significant that Paolo was friends with Donatello (alas, not everyone knows who Donatello was).

Actual quotes from Vasari would add to the article. Ex:

Vasari writes that people thought this was a great and beautiful achievement.

His depiction of a fierce lion fighting with a venom-spouting snake was espeically appreciated by Vasari.

Paolo was asked to paint a number of distempered scenes of animals for the house of the Medici. - It is unclear what is meant by "distempered".

Should he be referred to as Paolo or Uccello? It seems odd to refer to him as the bird. What do scholarly sources do?

Uccello was married to Tomassa Malifici by 1453, because in that year Donato (named after Donatello) was born, and in 1456 his wife gave birth to Antonia. - oddly worded

He painted a predella with the Miracle of the Profaned Host part of a monumental altarpiece. - briefly tell what a predella is

With his precise, analytical mind he tried to apply a scientific method to depict objects in three-dimensional space. In particular, some of his studies of the perspective foreshortening of the torus are preserved, and he realised the thus acquired insights in his paintings in form of the mazzocchio. - awkwardly worded

To go for GA and eventually FA, there will need to be inline citations. WP:CITE Pope-Hennessy is mentioned as a source for the list of works (obviously a classic in the field) and there is a good list of references. Editors who have access to these references are requested to add footnotes in the text.