Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/L'Absinthe

L'Absinthe[edit]

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Reason: Banned in the US! Booed off the stage! Degas' daring take on the increased social isolation faced by the French in a time of rapid development.
Articles in which this image appears: L'Absinthe +5
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator: Edgar Degas

Support as co-nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:21, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support as co-nominator – SchroCat (talk) 00:48, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Just curious: Degas' paintings usually have a little more color. Are the colors somewhat dull on purpose (to match the theme) or do you think they might have faded a little? - CorinneSD (talk) 00:29, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'd expect it's deliberate, but The Orsay doesn't discuss it. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:10, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It was meant to be like this, absinthe was considered a bastard dangerous thing. Hafspajen (talk) 05:53, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As far as a Google Books search shows, is seems he used a limited an muted pallette to show the dark side of "la fée verte". You know what they say - "Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder"! - SchroCat (talk) 06:14, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Hafspajen (talk) 05:53, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support -- Fine here.. - T H - ^{the fury of nature} _{given flesh} 08:57, 17 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

^{I realize now that the colors give an overall impression of a haze, the kind of haze (dreamy state) that the woman seems to be in. - CorinneSD (talk) 16:19, 17 February 2015 (UTC)}[reply]

Support: for subject and for artist. Fylbecatulous talk 14:43, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Jobas (talk) 16:47, 23 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Edgar Degas - In a Café - Google Art Project 2.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:09, 27 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]