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Joan Crawford as Venus de Milo

Accidentally came across a reference to this in a review in the TLS and immediately thought of you. Cheers, Choliamb (talk) 14:45, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks Choliamb – what a fascinating article. It's hard to imagine a celebrity magazine today running such a feature! Their numbers are also just completely bizarre. I'd have to check Pasquier when I get home for the chest and hip measurements, but the supposed height of 5'4" for the Venus de Milo is just completely divorced from reality – she's fifteen inches taller than they claim. I also have no idea how they calculated her weight – clearly the actual marble statue does not weigh 135 lbs Caeciliusinhorto-public (talk) 12:33, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Ha, I see that over the last couple of months that photo has worked its insidious magic on you, so much so that it finally made its way into the article. When I saw the edit summary on my watchlist, I knew without looking that "20th-century reception of the statue" must be code for Joan Crawford. Good edit! – Choliamb (talk) 23:51, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

It's just such a good image! (And most of the 20th Century artistic reception is still in copyright, so harder to justify using) Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 18:37, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

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Diocletian

Hi, sorry about my edits to the above. On reading the article, I noticed that there was a mix of Br & AM English. As the article uses dmy dates, I assumed that Br English was more correct and also it is not an American-related article. Again, sorry. Best Regards Denisarona (talk) 16:56, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

@Denisarona: no problem. In future it would be helpful to explain this in an edit summary - I couldn't work out from your edits what the point was. Looking again at the article, I've found and fixed a few Briticisms - did you notice any more? (Re DMY dates, as far as I can tell there is nothing in MOS:VARS which actually says that the date variety and the English variety should match, bizarrely, so as far as I can see it's totally legitimate to have AmEng spelling but DMY dates) Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 19:17, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Again, sorry for my mistake. With regard to the dmy dates, the alternative mdy dates is definitely American use and that is why I made the changes. In Europe, the normal use is dmy dates. Regards Denisarona (talk) 20:29, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

Alcaeus

Do you think Alcaeus should redirect to Alcaeus of Mytilene with a hatnote? The other three (Alcaeus (comic poet), Alcaeus of Messene, Alcaeus and Philiscus) seem sparsely notable. Thinking about starting a move request Aza24 (talk) 19:53, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

@Aza24: I think that Alcaeus of Mytilene is the clear primary topic and should be at Alcaeus, with the disambiguation page at Alcaeus (disambiguation); failing that I would take Alcaeus as a redirect to Alcaeus of Mytilene.

I made a move request to this effect many years ago but it got no traction. I continue to think that my proposal there was correct: Alcaeus is clearly the common name for Alcaeus of Mytilene, and Alcaeus of Mytilene is clearly the primary topic for Alcaeus. Caeciliusinhorto (talk) 21:49, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

Indeed. Will ponder further... Aza24 (talk) 03:11, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Your photos of Venus de Milo's hand and foot

Hi! Can you please add to the description of this your pictures[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Venus_de_Milo_(possibly_missing_parts)] the location. Are items in Louvre? Or other place? Permanent exhibition or temporary? What exactly the museum labels said? Thanks! --Shakko (talk) 11:12, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Hi Shakko! They are permanently exhibited in the Louvre, in the room with the Venus de Milo – they've been there since the 2010 reinstallation of the Venus. I've added links on commons to the online catalogue entries on the Louvre's website for the objects. I'm afraid the computer which has the images of the museum labels on, if I took such photos (I normally do, but I might not have bothered as I was specifically looking to photograph these are I knew I would remember exactly what they were!) is currently in storage, so it's unlikely I'd be able to check what the labels say before June Caeciliusinhorto-public (talk) 09:11, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

thank you! the location is very important for the authenticity, off course. So it isnt' hypothesis or copy. Perfect. Didn't they show the piece of hand between shoulder and elbow, that is in this picture? I've seen the photo of this marble part long time ago, but can't find now. --Shakko (talk) 10:50, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Yes, there's a piece of arm on display – the catalogue entry for that is here. I didn't get a good photo of it unfortunately, but it's in the same case. I think it's actually only the lower part of the bicep, though – de Clarac's drawing shows the entire upper arm restored, but I don't think the fragment on display is big enough for that. Caeciliusinhorto-public (talk) 11:56, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

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Ngrams

N-grams for Horn Dance and Addobt Bromley Horn Dance, thanks. Randy Kryn (talk) 12:50, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

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