Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Farnsworth House

Farnsworth House

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Original – The Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1945 and completed in 1951. The 1,500-square-foot (140m²) house is widely recognized as an iconic masterpiece of International Style. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006 (the year this picture was taken), and currently operates as a house museum.

Reason

Good depiction of the Farnsworth House by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, as it looks nowadays (2006) over half a century after it was built (1945-51). The choice of the season is advantageous in depicting the building and its transparency, while still representing its relation to nature. It is remarkable how much the vegetation changed compared to earlier images.

Articles in which this image appears

Farnsworth House, National Trust for Historic Preservation

FP category for this image

Architecture

Creator

Carol M. Highsmith

• Support as nominator --ELEKHH^T 14:40, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
• Weak oppose - The tree is in the way. I'm assuming there's no other angle, but if there is this should be considered a full oppose Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:39, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose - Low in resolution and the peculiar shape of the tree is much more dominant in the photograph to do justice to the architectural masterpiece. Sanyambahga (talk) 18:55, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
  • Low in resolution!? It is over 6000px wide! I think your browser zoom may be set funny :) - Zephyris _Talk 23:46, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
    • The wikipedia page of the linked image features only the 1024px version, although I now found the 6000px version on commons. Sanyambahga (talk) 05:31, 24 April 2012 (UTC)
• Comment - the weather conditions are unfortunate; this is an image of a grey/white building on grey/white snow under a grey/white sky. A blue sky and green grass would present the grey/white building far better, while also reducing the dominance of the tree in the foreground (which I like for setting the house into its context). - Zephyris _Talk 23:46, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose. The white house blends into the white snow to the point that the tree is the only thing I really see. Clegs (^{engage in rational discourse}) 10:39, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
• Oppose. It's too white and monotonous. It all blend together (as Clegs said) I don't know what the picture is supposed to be focusing on. Gupdoo3 (talk) 16:05, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 02:31, 2 May 2012 (UTC)