I was too sweeping in my post. Depictions, for example, of Jesus in an article on Renaissance Art would be fine. A photo of Michelangelo's David would be appropriate on [[Michelangelo]], on [[Depictions of David]] (or similar), and of course on [[David (Michelangelo)]], but not on [[David]].
I don't see how any depiction of someone that is not based on that someone's likeness can possibly be encyclopedic in the article on that someone.
On Feb 4, 2008 8:21 PM, Meg Ireland megireland99@gmail.com wrote:
It's encyclopedic in view of the historical context on how people from the past perceived Jesus. Who knows what Jesus actually looked like? However given the subject's significance in art, particularly Renaissance Art, I see no valid reason to preclude such images.
On 05/02/2008, Rich Holton richholton@gmail.com wrote:
All question of censorship aside, does it really make sense to have any image of historical persons that is not based on the actual likeness of
that
person on any page except [[depictions of...]] pages?
Maybe there are a few exceptions, where a particular depiction has
become
universally identified with the subject. But that's not the case with
most
historical figures, Jesus and Muhammad included.
Many, many depictions of Jesus look very European, which doesn't seem to
be
encyclopedic to me. But there's also a trend lately to have other
depictions
of Jesus that are targeted to a particular audience, without any concern
for
historical accuracy. This may be fine in liturgical settings, but not in
an
encyclopedia. But this is only more obviously wrong than a more "historically accurate" depiction. They're both still wrong.
-Rich Holton
Meg
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