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[[File:Banksia lemanniana latebud.JPG|thumb|300px|''[[Banksia lemanniana]]'', which like a ''[[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]]'' is killed by bushfire and regenerates from its seed!]]

[[File:Japanese battleship Fuji.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Japanese battleship Fuji|Japanese battleship ''Fuji'']], the namesake of the [[Fuji-class battleship|''Fuji''-class battleships]]. Potential FP!featured picture, if I can figure out exactly what's photograph damage and what's there...]]

* '''''[[Banksia lemanniana]]''''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Banksia lemanniana/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Casliber|Casliber]])''</small> or [[Yellow lantern banksia]] is a species of woody shrub native to [[Western Australia]] and grows as a small tree to five metres (15&nbsp;ft) high. This species, [[endemic]] to the area arround [[Fitzgerald River National Park]], was named in honour of English botanist [[Charles Morgan Lemann]]. Banksiae are a group of plants that have spectacular [[cultivar]]s that are used in garden design. too, that have as likeLike most banksia, they have yellow, brownish, or orange flower spikes lookingwhich look like [[lantern]]s. The flowers smell like honey and are dripping with nectar, making them especially attractive - not only for gardens, but for birds and other organism such as the [[New Holland honeyeater]], [[red wattlebird]], honey bees, wasps, and ants. Like a ''[[Phoenix (mythology)|phoenix]]'', it is killed by bushfire and regenerates from its seed!

* '''[[Fuji-class battleship|''Fuji''-class battleship]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fuji-class battleship/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Sturmvogel 66|Sturmvogel 66]])''</small> was a two-ship [[ship class|class]] of [[pre-dreadnought battleship]]s built for the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] (IJN) in the mid-1890s. A visit by two [[Qing dynasty|Imperial Chinese]] [[ironclads]] to Japan in 1891 forced the IJN to rethink their strategy of employing "cheap torpedo boats and commerce raiding to offset expensive, heavily armoured ships". The IJN ordered a pair of battleships from the United Kingdom, built to a [[Royal Navy]] design, as the Japanese "lacked the technology and capability to construct its own battleships." There was great difficulty in securing funding; after three attempts by the [[Japanese Diet]] to pass the funding measure failed, andthey eventuallyfinally passed it following an offer by the [[Emperor Meiji]] offered to fund the ships himself. Soon afterwards the Diet passed the measure. The two battleships ''Fuji'' and ''Yashima'' were delivered by February 1898. They participated in the [[Battle of Port Arthur]] and in further operations in the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. ''Yashima'' sunk on 14 May 1904 after hitting a [[Sea mine|mine]]. ''Fuji'' survived the war and was converted to a [[coast defence ship]] in 1910, and an unarmed floating barracks in 1922. Damaged by American aircraft in July 1945, ''Fuji'' eventually capsized, and she was cut up for scrap in 1948.

* '''[[Lawrence Wetherby]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Lawrence Wetherby/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Acdixon|Acdixon]])''</small> (1908-19941908–1994) was an American politician who served as [[Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky|lieutenant governor]] and [[Governor of Kentucky|governor]] of [[Kentucky]]. He is the only governor in state history born in [[Jefferson County, Kentucky|Jefferson County]], despite the fact that [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]], the [[county seat]], is the state's most populous city. Wetherby was elevated to the position of governor in 1950 after Governor [[Earle C. Clements]] resigned to take a seat in the [[U.S. Senate]]. Wetherby increased funding for education and government benefits by allocating money from the state's budget surplus. For this he was acclaimed, and he won the 1951 election to serve a full four-year term as governor. During his term, Wetherby authorized a massive road-building campaign, and encouraged the peaceful desegregation of the state's educational system.

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File:Albrecht Dürer 054- Lot's Flight - National Gallery of Art.jpg|[[Albrecht Dürer]]'s ''Lot's Flight'', the reverse of the [[Haller Madonna]]. People on a low-salt diet [[Lot's wife|should not look at the scene in the rear of the painting]].

[[File:Sridevi04.jpg|thumbnail||300px|[[Sridevi]] played the title role in Yash Raj Films' most successful film of the 1980s: ''[[Chandni]]''.]]

* '''[[List of accolades received by Dallas Buyers Club|List of accolades received by ''Dallas Buyers Club'']]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of accolades received by Dallas Buyers Club/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Cowlibob|Cowlibob]])''</small> This is a movie that, frankly, makes me a bit uncomfortable. It's about how the first successful [[AIDS]] drug, [[AZT]], is poisonous, and how you should instead use some random crap given to you at a dodgy Mexican clinic. While it's apparently a very, very well-shot, well-acted film, following its claimed good idea for how to survive will probably get you killed. As I said: it makes me uncomfortable. However, it won three [[Academy Awards]] and a host of other accolades, as documented in this list, so it must have some good aspectsomething going for it.

* '''[[Morgan Freeman on screen and stage]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/Morgan Freeman on screen and stage/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Lady Lotus|Lady Lotus]])''</small> American actor and director [[Morgan Freeman]] has had a prolific career on film, television, and on the stage. His film debut was as an unaccrediteduncredited character in the [[Sidney Lumet]]-directed drama ''[[The Pawnbroker (film)|The Pawnbroker]]'' in 1964. Freeman also made his stage debut in the same year by appearing in the musical ''[[Hello, Dolly! (musical)|Hello, Dolly!]]''. He followed this with further stage appearances in ''The Dozens'' (1969), ''Exhibition'' (1969), and the musical ''[[Purlie]]'' (1970–71). He played various characters on the [[children's television series]] ''[[The Electric Company]]'' (1971–77). Freeman subsequently appeared in the films ''[[Teachers (film)|Teachers]]'' in 1984, and ''[[Marie (film)|Marie]]'' in 1985 before making his breakthrough with 1987's ''[[Street Smart (film)|Street Smart]]'' In the 1990s, he was cast in numerous films, including the adventure film ''[[Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves]]'' (1991) opposite [[Kevin Costner]], drama ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' (1994) with [[Tim Robbins]], psychological thriller ''[[Seven (1995 film)|Seven]]'' (1995), historical drama ''[[Amistad (1997 film)|Amistad]]'' (1997), crime thriller ''[[Kiss the Girls (film)|Kiss the Girls]]'' (1997), and science fiction disaster film ''[[Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact]]'' (1998). His role in ''The Shawshank Redemption'' earned him a second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor at The 67th Academy Awards. Morgan Freeman's voice is commercially valuable; the actor [[Josh Robert Thompson]] is his "official voice double" and has confused British TV audiences by appearing as "More Than Freeman" in insurance adverts.

* '''[[List of films released by Yash Raj Films]]''' <small>''([[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of films released by Yash Raj Films/archive1|nominated]] by [[User:Krimuk90|Krimuk90]])''</small> produced 13 films between 1973 and 2012 [[Yash Raj Films]] (abbreviated as YRF) is an Indian entertainment company, established by [[Yash Chopra]] in 1970, that [[film production|produces]] and [[film distribution|distributes]] motion pictures. The company has produced 65 [[Bollywood|Hindi]] films, including three upcoming projects, and one [[Tamil Cinema|Tamil]] film. Yash Raj FilmsYRF started a film distribution business in 1997 and, in addition to distributing their own productions, the company has handled the domestic and international distribution of 34 films from other companies. Yash Raj FilmsYRF's first release came in 1973 with the Chopra-directed ''[[Daag: A Poem of Love]]'', a drama about [[bigamy]], starring [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Raakhee]], and [[Sharmila Tagore]]. The company had four more releases in the 1970s, including the family drama ''[[Kabhie Kabhie (1976 film)|Kabhie Kabhie]]'' and the action film ''[[Kaala Patthar]]'', both of which starred [[Amitabh Bachchan]]. Yash Raj FilmsYRF's sole commercial success in the 1980s was the [[Sridevi]]-starring romantic drama ''[[Chandni]]''.

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File:서봉총_금관_금제드리개.jpg|One of the [[Crowns of Silla]], a [[National Treasure of Korea]].

File:Argiope pulchella at Nayikayam Thattu.jpjpg|desc''[[Argiope pulchella]]''. Slowly the male approaches the female, istrying intentionallyto missingnegotiate passage with coded vibrations on the lastweb, gand hoping she won't just eat him alive... So how''[[Argiopes pulchella]]'everyone else's dating life?

File:Cascada Dynjandi, Vestfirðir, Islandia, 2014-08-14, DD 136-138 HDR.JPG|[[Dynjandi]], an Icelandic waterfall. That doesn't end in "[[wiktionary:foss#Icelandic|foss]]". What gives?

[[File:Arthur Devis - Mr and Mrs Atherton - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|300px|''Mr and Mrs Atherton'' by [[Arthur Devis (1712–1787)|Arthur Devis]].]]

* '''[[:File:Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein - Goethe in the Roman Campagna - Google Art Project.jpg|''Goethe in the Roman Campagna'']]''' <small>''(created by [[Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein]], [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein - Goethe in the Roman Campagna - Google Art Project.jpg|nominated]] by [[User:Hafspajen|Hafspajen]])''</small> ''[[Goethe in the Roman Campagna]]'' is a painting from 1787 by [[Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein]], a German [[Neoclassicism|Neoclassical]] painter, depicting [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] travelling in Italy, presently in the the [[Städel]] museum. Since he was already rather famous following the success of his first novel, ''[[The Sorrows of Young Werther]]'', he travelled incognito, and called himself Filippo Miller, [[wiktionary:pittore|pittore]], a rather phony alias, we think. The ''Sorrows of Young Werther'' was a '''loosely''' [[autobiographical novel]] first published in 1774; its publication turning him from an unknown 24-year-old into one of the first international literary celebrities practically overnight,. causing It also caused a breakout of "[[Werther Fever]]". Young men throughout Europe started to dress as Werther indid in the novel, wearing [[:File:WertherLotte.jpg|yellow trousers and blue jacketjackets]], and also started taking their life'slives, as Werther did - the so called [[copycat suicide|Werther effect]]. (The suicide was not autobiographical.) The hero shoots himself after an ill-fated love, and the book was banned in several countries after it sparked a wave of imitation suicides. <!-The painting is a full-length THISportrait. IFGoethe FUNis ENOUGHseated trying to look smart and cosy on a couple of uncomfortable ruins, Igazing THINKout through the landscape, wearing yellow Werther effect trousers; in deep thought, with his eyes resting at [[infinity]], probably only wondering what he will have for [[Stonner kebab|lunch]]. His novel was set to music by [[Jules Massenet]], as ''[[Werther]]'', and made a fantastic opera. It has this neat trick where the opera itself gets more and more insular as [[:File:Grasset-->Werther.jpg|Werther's obsession for Charlotte grows]], so the opening is full of life, whereas the ending is essentially two people and an offstage chorus of children singing a Christmas carol as an ironic echo of happier times.

* '''[[:File:Bellona,서봉총 by금관 Rembrandt van Rijn금제드리개.jpg|''Bellona''Gold crown from Seobongchong Tumulus]]''' <small>''(createdunknown by [[Rembrandt van Rijn]]creator, [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/BellonaCrown (goddess)of Silla|nominated]] by [[User:Crisco 1492|Crisco 1492]])''</small> The [[BellonaCrowns (goddess)|Bellonaof Silla]] waswere anmade [[Ancientin Rome|Ancient Roman]]the [[goddessKorea]]n kingdom of [[warSilla]]. Bellona'sin main attribute isapproximately the military5th [[helmet]]to worn7th on her head,centuries and sheare oftenamong holdsthe a[[National sword, a shield, or other weaponstreasures of battle.South Bellona, is presented by Rembrandt as a rather plain woman with the "girl next door," look, whatever he meant by this statmentKorea]]. HerThe shieldSilla iscrowns decoratedare withvery thefragile frightfuland facewere ofprobably Medusa,used aonly versionfor offormal Rubens'sand well-knownceremonial painting of a severed Medusa's headoccasions.

* '''[[:File:Argiope pulchella at Nayikayam Thattu.jpg|''Argiope pulchella'']]''' <small>''(created and [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Argiope pulchella|nominated]] by [[User:Jkadavoor|Jeevan Jose]])''</small> [[Argiope pulchella]] is a species of [[spider]], that ranges from [[India]] to [[China]]. The males are much smaller than the [[females]] and are often eaten if not careful enough when they approach the girls to declare them their love. The small husband in the picture is signaling desperately not to be mistaken for dinner... by so called "shuddering", vibrating with the webbweb...

* '''[[:File:L'Embarquement pour Cythere, by Antoine Watteau, from C2RMF retouched.jpg|''The Embarkation for Cythera'']]''' <small>''(created by [[Jean-Antoine Watteau]], [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/L'Embarquement pour Cythere, by Antoine Watteau, from C2RMF retouched.jpg|nominated]] by [[User:Alborzagros|Alborzagros]])''</small> ''[[The Embarkation for Cythera]] '' is a painting by the French painter [[Jean-Antoine Watteau]] currently in [[Louvre]], [[Paris]]. The painting is a sensual depiction of a "[[fête galante]]";, an amorous celebration or party. The work celebrates love, with many cupids flying around the couples and pushing them closer together, as well as the statue of Venus ndand Amor. There are three pairs of lovers in the foreground. While the couple on the right by the statue are still engaged in their passionate tryst, another couple rises to follow a third pair down the hill, although the woman of the third pair glances back fondly at the goddess’sgoddess's sacred grove.

* '''[[:File:John Quidor - The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane - Google Art Project.jpg|''The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane'']]''' <small>''(created by [[John Quidor]], [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The Headless One Throwing his head out...again|nominated]] by [[User:The Herald|The Herald]])''</small> ''[[The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane]]'' (1858) is a painting by American artist [[John Quidor]], depicting a scene from [[Washington Irving]]'s short story "[[The Legend of Sleepy Hollow]]". The painting is one of several by the artist based on scenes from Irving's written works about [[New Netherland|Dutch New York]], including such paintings as ''Ichabod Crane Flying from the Headless Horseman'' (1828) and ''The Return of [[Rip Van Winkle]]'' (1849). It is currently displayed in the [[Smithsonian American Art Museum]] in [[Washington, D.C.]].

* '''[[:File:Cascada Dynjandi, Vestfirðir, Islandia, 2014-08-14, DD 136-138 HDR.JPG|Dynjandi]]''' <small>''(created by [[User:Poco a poco|Diego Delso]], [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dynjandi|nominated]] by [[User:Crisco 1492|Crisco 1492]])''</small> Dynjandi (also known as Fjallfoss) is a series of [[waterfall]]s located in the [[Westfjords]] (Vestfirðir), [[Iceland]]. The waterfalls have a cumulative height of {{convert|100|m|ft}}. That's the article in its entirety. Water meets cliff, water falls down cliff, cliff is so high, end of [[Sagas of Icelanders|saga]]. But wait…wait... the waterfall has seven tiers, each with its own name, carved on a wooden board-: Bæjarfoss, Hundafoss, Hrísvaðsfoss, Göngumannafoss, Strompgljúfrafoss, Hæstajallafoss, and, at the top the main one, Fjallfoss. We bet the [[Icelandic Tourist Board|Ferðamálastofa]] had a fun time thinking them up!

* '''[[:File:The Miracle at the Grave of Elisha by Jan Nagel (d 1602).jpg|''The Miracle at the Grave of Elisha'']]''' <small>''(created by [[Jan Nagel]], [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Corpse + corpse = corpse + living man: The Miracle at the Grave of Elisha|nominated]] by [[User:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]])''</small> [[Elisha]] was a great prophet and a great [[wonderworker]]. The touch of his corpse served to resuscitate a dead man. A year after Elisha's death and burial a body was placed in his grave. As soon as the body touched Elisha's remains, the man '"stood up on his feet"' and went home. It has been said, that this dead man was Shallum, son of Tikvah, keeper of the temple-wardrobe in the reign of [[Josiah]] and husband of [[Huldah]] the prophetess. So he went home and made a great fuss about having a meal immediately to the prophetess.<!-- THIS IF FUN ENOUGH, I THINK -->

* '''[[:File:John F. Francis - Luncheon Still Life - Google Art Project.jpg|''Luncheon Still Life'']]''' <small>''(created by [[John F. Francis]], [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:John F. Francis - Luncheon Still Life - Google Art Project.jpg|nominated]] by [[User:Hafspajen|Hafspajen]] and [[User:CorinneSD|CorinneSD]])''</small> [[John F. Francis]] (1808 – 1886) was an American painter from [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, who painted mostly [[still life]]s. Inspired by [[Raphaelle Peale]], Francis began to concentrate on stilthat lifes,genre heand became the leading practitioner of luncheon and dessert still life paintings. [[William H. Gerdts]] writes: "Of all the mid-century still-life specialists, Francis was the most painterly. There is often a freshness and a brio to his paint application that successfully balance his sure delineation of form and his establishment of texture."

* '''[[:File:Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem - The Fall of the Titans - Google Art Project.jpg|''The Fall of the Titans'']]''' <small>''(created by [[Cornelis van Haarlem]], [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/It's Raining Men, Hallelujah|nominated]] by [[User:Adam Cuerden|Adam Cuerden]] and [[User:Hafspajen|Hafspajen]])''</small> ''[[The Fall of the Titans]]'' is an [[oil painting]] of the [[Titanomachy]] made by the Dutch painter [[Cornelis van Haarlem]] from the collection of the [[Statens Museum for Kunst]] in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]]. [[Cornelis Corneliszoon van Haarlem]] (1562 – 1638), was a [[Dutch Golden Age painter]] and draughtsman, and was one of the leading [[Northern Mannerist]] artists in the [[Netherlands]]. The painting illustratingillustrates a family matter, children thatwho raisedrise up against their parents, since most of the [[Titan (mythology)|Titans]] were an older generation of gods, while the [[Twelve Olympians|Olympians]] who won were the younger generations, who would come to reign on [[Mount Olympus]]. [[Cronus]] attacked his father [[Uranus, (mythology)|Uranus]] and, with thea sickle, cut off hisUranus' genitals, casting them into the sea.

* '''[[:File:Lichfield Cathedral Choir 1, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg|Choir looking west]]''', '''[[:File:Lichfield Cathedral Choir 2, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg|choir looking east]]''', '''[[:File:Lichfield Cathedral High Altar from choir, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg|high altar]]''', '''[[:File:Lichfield Cathedral Nave Columns, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg|columns in the nave]]''', '''[[:File:Lichfield Cathedral Organ, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg|organ]]''', and '''[[:File:Lichfield Cathedral Exterior from NE, Staffordshire, UK - Diliff.jpg|exterior view]] of Lichfield Cathedral''' <small>''(created by [[User:Diliff|David Iliff]], [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Lichfield Cathedral Set|nominated]] by [[User:National Names 2000|National Names 2000]])''</small> Another magnificent set of photos by David Iliff, these show [[Lichfield Cathedral]], situated in [[Lichfield]], Staffordshire, England, which is dedicated to [[St. Chad]] and St. Mary. Built of sandstone, it is notable as the only medieval English cathedral which still has three spires ([[Lincoln Cathedral]] lost 'em). The cathedral was the last thing [[Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke|Robert Greville]] saw, before he became the first person ever to be killed by a [[sniper]], one who'd hidden himself behind the parapet at the base of the main spire. We're pretty sure it's the last thing he saw, because he was shot in the eye. Greville was besieging the cathedral at the time-; he was a [[Roundhead]] and the place was being held by the [[Cavalier]]s. Two days later, on 4 March 1643, they surrendered to Dyott's successor, [[Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet|Gell]]. The cathedral was retaken by the Royalists a month later, when [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]] affirmed Lichfield's position at the leading edge of military technology by exploding Britain's first [[Mining (military)|mine]] under the [[Cathedral close|close]]. Somewhat damaged, the cathedral was repaired several times, but it wasn't tilluntil [[Sir George Gilbert Scott]] undertook its restoration in the 19th century that some of its medieval splendour was regained.

* '''[[:File:Thomas Le Clear - Interior with Portraits - Smithsonian.jpg|''Interior with Portraits'']]''' <small>''(created by [[Thomas Le Clear]], [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Thomas Le Clear - Interior with Portraits - Smithsonian.jpg|nominated]] by [[User:Alborzagros|Alborzagros]])''</small>''[[Interior with Portraits]]'' is an 1865 [[genre scene]] painted by American artist [[Thomas Le Clear]]. The painting features two children, James and Parnell Sidway, posing for a photograph in an artist's studio. The painting was commissioned by the subjects' older brother, Franklin Sidway. Parnell died of illness as an adolescent; James, a volunteer firefighter, died in a hotel fire at the age of 26, shortly before the painting was commissioned. Both children were painted posthumously from family [[daguerreotypes]]. Some painters of the time regarded photography with suspicion, and refused to use photographs as references for portraits. The painting is filled with references to this tension.: The children are surrounded by painted portraits, and the photographer's back is to the viewer with his face obscured. The girl appears to be supporting the boy and holding him still, as might have been necessary when posing a child for an early photograph due to the long exposure time. A dog is depicted just entering the studio, another acknowledgement of early photography's limitation to still subjects.

* '''[[:File:Ilia Efimovich Repin (1844-1930) - Volga Boatmen (1870-1873).jpg|''Barge Haulers on the Volga'']]''' <small>''(created by [[Ilya Efimovich Repin]], [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ilia Efimovich Repin (1844-1930) - Volga Boatmen (1870-1873).jpg|nominated]] by [[User:Alborzagros|Alborzagros]])''</small>'' [[Barge Haulers on the Volga]]'', or ''Burlaki'', is an 1870–1873 oil-on-canvas painting by the Russian [[Social realism|realist]] painter and sculptor [[Ilya Repin]]. This painting depicts eleven Russian peasants hauling a large boat upstream on the [[Volga River]]. The [[burlak]]s seem to almost collapse forward in exhaustion under the burden. Although they are presented as stoical and accepting, the men arehave largely surrendered to their inhuman fate, the hard conditions and the hopeless lives they lived thatwhich has defeated them. Only one stands out: in the center of both the row and canvas, a brightly coloured youth fights against his leather binds and standstands straight up stillupright. A little golden cross is seen on his chest, the Russian people's secret strength that kept them upright under all hardships and poverty during their turbulent history. This painting is regarded as the beginning of the Russian realism, though it is more sophisticated then itsthose followers ^{(Originalthat res)}followed.

* '''Vincent van Gogh Wheat Field Set: [[:File:Vincent van Gogh - Enclosed Field with Ploughman - Google Art Project.jpg|''Enclosed Field with Ploughman'']]'''; '''[[:File:Vincent van Gogh - Wheatfield - Google Art Project.jpg|''Wheat Field with Alpilles Foothills in the Background'']]'''; '''[[:File:Vincent Van Gogh - Corn Harvest in Provence - Google Art Project.jpg|''Harvest in Provence'']]'''; '''[[:File:Vincent van Gogh - Geploegde akkers ('De voren') - Google Art Project.jpg|''Ploughed Fields ('The Furrows')'']]'''; '''[[:File:Vincent van Gogh - De oogst - Google Art Project.jpg|''Harvest at La Crau, with Montmajour in the Background'']]'''; '''[[:File:Vincent van Gogh - Wheatfield with a reaper - Google Art Project.jpg|''Wheat Field with Reaper'']]'''; '''[[:File:Vincent van Gogh - Peasant woman binding sheaves (after Millet) - Google Art Project.jpg|''Peasant Woman Binding Sheaves'']]'''; '''[[:File:Vincent van Gogh - Green Field - Google Art Project.jpg|''Green Wheat Field with Cypress'']]'''; '''[[:File:Vincent Willem van Gogh, Dutch - Rain - Google Art Project.jpg|''Wheat Field in Rain'']]'''; '''[[:File:Vincent van Gogh - Landscape from Saint-Rémy - Google Art Project.jpg|''Landscape from Saint-Rémy'']]'''; '''[[:File:Vincent Van Gogh - Wheatfield With Cornflowers - Google Art Project.jpg|''Wheat Field with Cornflowers'']]'''; '''[[:File:Gogh, Vincent van - Landscape at Saint-Rémy (Enclosed Field with Peasant) - Google Art Project.jpg|''Enclosed Field with Peasant'']]'''; '''[[:File:Vincent van Gogh - Wheatfield with crows - Google Art Project.jpg|''Wheat Field with Crows'']]'''; and '''[[:File:Vincent van Gogh - Wheatfield under thunderclouds - Google Art Project.jpg|''Wheatfield Under Thunderclouds'']]''' <small>''(created by <s>[[Frans Hals]]</s> [[Vincent van Gogh]], [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/A collection of paintings of that strange wild man who roamed the fields of Provence|nominated]] by [[User:The Herald|The Herald]], [[User:Hafspajen|Hafspajen]], [[User:Atsme|Atsme]], and [[User:CorinneSD|CorinneSD]])''</small> [[Wheat Fields (Van Gogh series)]] is a series of paintings made by [[Vincent van Gogh]]. The wheat field works demonstrate his progression as an artist from the worst rather colourless fields he painted in 1885 in the [[Netherlands]] to the colorful, dramatic paintings from [[Arles]], and other rural parts of [[France]]. Van Gogh was planning from the beginning to became a [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]], but the religious community rejected him, when Vincent began to give away most of his food and clothing to the poverty-stricken people under his care. Van Gogh, when failing to find a vocation in ministry, was painting instead themes that were related to the [[sacrament]]: vine and bread - the bread that came from the crops of the fields. Van Gogh's brushstrokes in [[staccato]] are especially suited to depict the straws of the wheat field, giving them a special look and life... Van Gogh continued entire his artistic career to depict wheat fields. The Van Gogh Museum's ''[[Wheat Field with Crows]]'' was made in July 1890, in the last weeks of Van Gogh’s life, and many art historians have claimed that it was it was his very last work. ''Wheat Field with Crows'', to be honest, has a spooky feeling over it, with dark skies and the scary black birds hooveringhovering over the scene. The dramatic cloudy sky filled with crows over a wheat field that looks abandoned andwhile at the same time turbulent, and the painting beside all this gives also a feeling of disorientation ...there are three ways to go but none of them looks leading anywhere...