Portal talk:Visual arts/Selected image

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[edit] Replace Jonah?

As it's been recognised as a Good Article, I've nominated Sistine Chapel ceiling as one of the pages to be 'selected' for this portal. I would have been bold and added it myself were it not for the fact that we already have the depiction of Jonah from the Sistine ceiling as a selected pic. So, for the sake of variety, might it be a good idea to choose another image to illustrate the technique of fresco? My personal favourite to replace Jonah would be the image at right, from Masaccio's Brancacci Chapel cycle in Florence, which was almost as influential as the Sistine ceiling. Possibly more importantly for the purposes of this portal, the reproduction is of pretty high quality – enlarge it to see what I mean. Other options could be the more famous frescoes of the Journey of the Magi by Gozzoli or the Birth of the Virgin by Ghirlandaio, but personally I'd prefer this lesser-known part of the Brancacci cycle. Ham 12:53, 2 July 2007 (UTC)