I could totally continue this conversation (I like Dada and Pollock) but if it's over, okay.
Anyway! I've updated this mod to
v2.1. I added a new Great Artist - Wu Guanzhong - to bring the total up to 30 - I had originally miscounted and only included 29 artists in this mod. I fixed a spelling error in the title of Abanindranath Tagore's Great Work. Finally, I adjusted the color levels in the Grandma Moses Great Work to make it pop a bit more.
EDIT: Also, I want to outline future plans. I started selecting pieces a week or two back for a sequel called "19th Century Great Works" and discovered some pieces I'm really excited about. I have the half-crazy idea to release mods of 30 Artists/Writers for each century, going three or four centuries back -- I have selections in my Pictures folder going as far back as the 16th century. Then, I may compile my favorites from each century, with selections across all other centuries, into a massive mod adding 100 Artists and Writers and as close to that number in Musicians (when modding in sound is possible) as I can manage. If a way were discovered to make Great Works tied to certain eras (specifically, the Modern Era and beyond), I could easily hit 100 Musicians when rock music is factored in. It's too anachronistic to add in the way the system is currently designed. Currently, there's also a design flaw in the game when it comes to Great Works -- there just aren't enough of them, so it's possible to run out later in the game, especially in larger games -- so this mod would have a real practical purpose other than being an excuse for me to curate a bunch of collections of art.
I'm also starting to think of what Great Musicians I'd like to add to this mod when it becomes possible. Two that jump out in my mind are Igor Stravinsky (I don't
think he's in the game) and Harry Partch. I also like "The Sinking of the Titanic" by Gavin Bryars. Are there any music nerds out there who know of composers I should look at?
Finally, I'd love to add spoken narration of the Great Writer quotes to this mod when it becomes possible, to really give it a layer of polish, but I haven't thought out the logistics of that yet. So anybody with the setup to do this well, and the time and interest to do this, who may be reading this, let me know!