Which Great Works do you want to see?

[Cyon]

the bust of Nefertiti (greatest sculpture of all time), 'The Birth of Venus' by Botticelli, 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, Picassos 'Guernica', Gustav Klimts 'the kiss', Fritz Langs 'Metropolis', a triptych by Francis Bacon

To name some art pieces, and maybe some more contemporary art by artists such as Olafur Eliason, Daimen Hurst and such

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

Anything by Hokusai
Illiad/Odyssey by Homer
Lord of the Rings by Tolkien, for a piece not available until Modern Era
Pieta by Michelangelo
The Thinker or The Kiss by Rodin

 

[cybrxkhan]

I hope that the great works they choose represent a variety of regions and historical periods, not just ancient/classical Greece/Rome and modern Western Europe. There's quite a range of great literature, music, art, and more from places outside of those (not that Greece/Rome and Western Europe are undeserving, but I do predict (understandably) that they'd get the bulk of the great works - I hope just not too much that it'd reek of Eurocentrism).

 

[The QC]

I hope that the great works they choose represent a variety of regions and historical periods, not just ancient/classical Greece/Rome and modern Western Europe. There's quite a range of great literature, music, art, and more from places outside of those (not that Greece/Rome and Western Europe are undeserving, but I do predict (understandably) that they'd get the bulk of the great works - I hope just not too much that it'd reek of Eurocentrism).

That's the only thing that I care about. Not particular pieces, but a decent representation of the ENTIRE world.

Based on the Great Person list in the game, I think they will end up with a pretty euro-centric list, with only the most important non-European, non-American representatives. (The GP list, for instance, has 11 Asians out of the total of 51 Great Artists. I just checked this - yes, I have no life.)

 

[anandus]

The problem is that many works of art from non-Western and non-Eastern civilizations are just not (well) known. Europe, America, India and China are easy.

They'll probably be able to fit in a few songs and stories from pre-Columbian Americas, Africa and Oceania, but I'm expecting a handful. Not because they're purposefully Western- and Asian-centric, but simply because there's more available from those areas.

 

[VanEyck]

Art:
The Shaw Memorial (Saint Gaudens)


Literature:
Les Miserables (Victor Hugo)
Notre Dame de Paris (Hugo)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
Beowulf
Le Morte D'Arthur (Mallory)
The Brothers Karamazov (Dostoyevsky)
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Invisible Man (Richard Wright)
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Stowe)
My Bondage and My Freedom (non-fiction) (Douglass)

Film:
The Godfather
Star Wars
Casablanca
Seven Samurai
Akira

 

[Oridan]

Hello, new guy here. I'd like to see "The Scream" by Edvard Munch in Brave New World. But that might be because I'm Norwegian...

It would also be cool to see that Japanase artwork, which name I'm not sure of. The one with the big wave?

 

[anandus]

This one, I guess?

 

[Oridan]

That's the one! What's it called?

 

[anandus]

That's the one! What's it called?

Oh, yeah, forgot to mention the Title.
It's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" by Hokusai

 

[Bonci]

The Mona Lisa!

And also Harry Potter XD

 

[Oridan]

@anandus: Thanks for that.

 

[CDegeyter]

Baba Yetu!!!
We have to show some love for Christopher Tin.

And I seriously doubt it will happen but if Nobuo Uematsu gets recognized as a great modern composer that would make me truly happy!

 

[sukritact]

Baba Yetu!!!
We have to show some love for Christopher Tin.

And I seriously doubt it will happen but if Nobuo Uematsu gets recognized as a great modern composer that would make me truly happy!

I'd love to see that! Be a nice nod to Civilization 4 as well.

Can anyone come up with non western music?

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Can anyone come up with non western music?

Gangnam Style?

 

[Gucumatz]

If we could get Hombres de Maíz it would be a nice inclusion for C. America

 

[snipperrabbit!!]

A Didgeridoo piece and a Qanoun piece would be fine !

 

[compwiz1202]

Kamasutra..

+% to growth rate

 

[Koshered]

ART:
Bayeux Tapestry, "Mona Lisa" (duh?), "The Procession to Calvary", "Scream" and maybe something from Andy Warhol for more modern times?

 

[codepoet]

The Bible, Qu'ran, The Tripitaka, etc.
All for their respective cultural and religious influence.