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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-10 · 17 entries checked · 9 flagged · 19 issues confirmed · 9 corrected · 10 still open
Scytho-Siberian art — The claim that 'the largest group of surviving Ancient Greek goldsmith work comes from Scythian burials, not from the core Greek world' is factually incorrect; the largest group actually comes from the Greek world itself, including finds from Macedonia, mainla
Scytho-Siberian art — The claim that the Ordos culture is located 'west of Beijing' is geographically imprecise; the Ordos culture is centered in the Ordos Plateau in Inner Mongolia, which is directly north of Beijing, not west.
Self-portrait — The claim that 'one of the first self-portraits was made by the Pharaoh Akhenaten's chief sculptor Bak in 1365 BC' is not supported by established art historical canon; the dating and identification of Bak's work as a self-portrait are speculative and not wide
Self-portrait — The statement that Rembrandt's 'The Prodigal Son in the Tavern (c. 1637)' is 'one of the earliest self-portraits with family' is misleading; the painting is traditionally identified as a self-portrait with Saskia, but it is not considered an early example of a
Social realism — Peredvizhniki (The Wanderers) are not called 'Social Realism'; that term is distinct from Socialist Realism and the Peredvizhniki.
Social realism — The specific quote attributed to Ilya Repin, 'to criticize all the monstrosities of our vile society,' is not a widely recognized canonical quote from him.
Still life — The claim that 'the tradition of using skulls as symbols of mortality began in Roman times' is inaccurate; the specific vanitas tradition in still life is a 16th-17th century Northern European development.
Still life — The statement that 'Leonardo da Vinci created watercolor studies of fruit around 1495' is misleading; his botanical studies were typically in red chalk, pen and ink, or silverpoint, not watercolor as a distinct medium.
Stone carving — The claim that 'Prior to the discovery of steel, all stone carving was carried out using an abrasion technique, following rough hewing with hammers' is inaccurate because percussion techniques with stone or bronze tools were also used.
Stone carving — The claim that 'The Ancient Greeks used the ductility of bronze to trap small granules of carborundum from the island of Milos, making an efficient file' is factually incorrect because carborundum is a synthetic compound invented in the late 19th century, not
Symbolism (movement) — The term 'symbolist' was not invented by Jean Moréas; he popularized it in his 1886 manifesto 'Le Symbolisme', but the term had been used earlier by others, including the poet Paul Verlaine.
Symbolism (movement) — The Salon de la Rose + Croix was established by Joséphin Péladan in 1892, not earlier, and it hosted symbolist art, but it was not exclusively for symbolists and had a strong occult/religious orientation.
Tang dynasty art — The An Lushan Rebellion is dated 745–763; the correct dates are 755–763.
Tang dynasty art — The statement that the An Lushan Rebellion 'ended the lavish style of tomb figures' is an overgeneralization; lavish tomb figures continued into the late Tang.
Textile arts — The claim that cotton spread to Europe after invasion in 327 B.C. is inaccurate; cotton was known in Europe earlier through trade, and its significant spread occurred later, not immediately as a result of that invasion.
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