As curator of the museum it is my goal to inspire all aboard the ship to witness the true artistic value I have brought with us on our space journey. My museum space would consist of a restaurant type feel with the inside to resemble the décor of Sal’s Pizzeria from the movie “Do The Right Thing”. I choose to decorate it this way as it has value to the film I brought in “Do The Right Thing” and also serves to commemorate the Italian heritage of Pico Della Mirandola and the birth of the renaissance ITALY! The restaurant will be rather large and be able to seat up to about 130 people to accommodate as many people as possible without overworking my staff. As the customers leave the restaurant to go to other parts of the ship I will have information clerks at my checkout center when they pay for their meals and movie time. The information clerks will be experts, like myself, on all four men Rossini, Pico Della Mirandola, Rembrandt, and Spike Lee. So anyone who has more questions about the artwork can be informed to the fullest extent all questions that can be answered. The checkout center will also have copies of “Oration on the Dignity of Man” in 30 different languages to help all passengers interpret the reading. The restaurant will have a large stage on the side wall for everyone’s viewing pleasure as performances of Rossini’s <span style="text-decoration: underline">Barber of Seville</span> will be occurring daily 3 times a day. The stage will also serve as a movie screen with a huge 200 inch projection screen that is able to drop down after performances as opera members clear off the stage for the next performance. As people walk in through the revolving door they will be able to view <span style="text-decoration: underline">The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp</span> by Rembrandt hanging above the door. The stage is designed to showcase Rossini’s opera as the actual performance is absolutely hilarious and one of the world’s first dramatic comedies. I would place in a golden frame Rembrandt’s original painting of the anatomy lesson to show off to all the customers before they come in and eat food. Pico’s oration would be found in copies at my information desk/checkout counter. I would also have the entire oration inscribed on the restaurant’s hostess podium for all to read as they wait to be seated. Spike Lee’s film would be placed on repeat onto a projection screen so that all customers and employees can view the film from wherever they are inside the restaurant.

Each work is preserved in its own special way as each work has truly different meanings and values to be considered. I would have the original painting of Rembrandt’s <span style="text-decoration: underline">The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp.</span> The original will be the one that needs to be preserved for its initial beauty serving as a true testament to Rembrandt. Also Rembrandt as an artist in general was amazing I would feel honored to preserve his original art work from the year 1632.  It is impossible to have originals of the <span style="text-decoration: underline">Barber of Seville</span> so therefore I would have replica performances of each that stick exactly Rossini’s original plot to not cause for any alternation of the original opera. For Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” an original would have to be the director’s cut that was first published to be mass recorded. The original of the film isn’t essential to understanding the political and social message that film is trying to address, therefore having any modern day copy on DVD or Blu-Ray would do fine to be played on the projection screen. The film would still have all its original parts and scenes and therefore a replica is perfectly suitable. Pico’s “Oration on the Dignity of Man”<strong> </strong>is a paper on human thought and knowledge and I am not quite sure were exactly the original copy would be. Therefore I feel like replicas are suitable as they will be mass produced to all customers in the restaurants in various languages and Pico wanted his thoughts to be expressed to the masses so it serves a better purpose have it available to everyone aboard the ship, let alone just one original copy that nobody can touch.

Each piece of artwork stimulates from the time period it was created in, and are all great examples of the era they came from. Pico’s “Oration on the Dignity of Man” started during the Italian renaissance when great Renaissance Philosophy was created. Philosophy and Humanities were two of Pico’s favorite subject and the process of learning from classical civilization was one of his biggest motivators. His oration is a part of a cultural trend with the rebirth of classical thought as Greek and Roman literature was coming into focus throughout the Italian Renaissance. Rembrandt comes from the era of the Golden Dutch Age where Dutch trade, science and art were considered to be top of the line quality throughout the world. Luckily for various Dutch artists and other artists the creation of the Dutch East India Company brought about prosperous returns from trades with the East Indies that brought about economic success to the country. Rembrandt was a painter throughout the Baroque period when the style was to focus on simple details and produce drama and tension in painting. Rossini is an opera genius who produced over 30 operas to his name. He was from an era where operas were starting to receive great recognition as a valued an art form of music and playwright scripted in one. At the production of the opera in 1816 its debut was considered to be a fiasco as many things went wrong throughout the opera. Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” is from an era of filmmaking throughout the 80s and 90s that was dominated by American filmmakers and their projects. The cultural clashes going on around the time of racial tension were highlighted throughout the film. After the film was debuted in 1989 there were two major race incidents afterwards which have been wrongly accredited with the film. First is the beating of Rodney King in 1991 when policemen were recorded repeatedly beating Rodney King with their batons as other officers stood by and watched. The 2<sup>nd</sup> major incident was the LA riots which somewhat spurred from the Rodney King beating as the tension between LAPD and the black community surrounding Los Angeles hit an all-time boiling point. The film was a trademark of the time and Spike Lee produced it at the perfect time to fully express the social problems occurring in the United States in that day and age.

Pico’s Oration represents many contributions to human thought as his oration was based on the capacity for human thought and knowledge. Pico somewhat directly challenged the church on many fronts as he exclaimed that humans were able to climb the chain of being through increased intellectual thought. Claiming also that humans had complete control and free will over their actions and thoughts and that a philosopher was a creature of heaven not Earth. Pico’s thoughts may not seem so revolutionary now, but in the year 1486 this was extremely radical and he faced condemning his own beliefs in front of the church or receiving exile from the state. Rembrandt was a pioneer in the world of art as he was able to showcase his own personal touches on a painting to highlight marvelous differences between life and death in a group portrait. The fact that Rembrandt painted a group portrait was innovative of the time; also his subject matter was innovative in itself. The study of anatomy has come a long way through the years. In Rembrandts painting there is an anatomy lesson which only happened one time a year as permitted by the church and the scholars’ guild. Rembrandt was innovative in his ability to depict life and death through his ability to use different shades of black and through triangulation of the figures in the painting. Rossini was innovative in his own way as he was able to take a common character and a common opera and make it his own. He used a barber as his main subject which was innovative as most main characters throughout operas were always deemed to be heroes of some sort. Rossini was innovative because he chooses to use an ordinary person to be the main character which was also more relatable to the audience. Spike Lee was innovative with his subject matter in his film being that of racial tension. Spike Lee was able to make a movie about race and not cross any lines to the point where one race would feel more offended than another. He used all races and racial slurs to create a real life scenario of the day in a life of a Brooklyn neighborhood. It is innovative to use racial tension as the focal point of a film and let alone be about the black race. Spike Lee was a pioneer in the film industry and barred to go where no man had been able to go before with his production of “Do The Right Thing”.

All of these works of humanities are extremely significant to our planet as a whole, as we have America, Italy, and the Netherlands all represented through the pieces I have chosen. But each piece holds more value than what the average eye may see when they take their first impression of each piece of art. Pico’s oration is most significant as spurred from the early renaissance and influenced many men after him to higher intellectual thinking and the hunger for the quest of knowledge has led to many great inventions and philosophers. Pico was able to bring to his people who come from the middle and dark ages into an idea of higher thinking and intellectual prestige that hadn’t been theorized before. Pico was an adamant lover of philosophy and humanity and he taught to others that the lived life by free will and that they were in charge of their actions. Rembrandt’s anatomy lesson is extremely significant as well as it provides a benchmark for art and science to grow upon themselves and self-improve. The art in the painting is remarkable as the faces standout so well against the dark background and black robes of the scholars. The effects of light were trademark to Rembrandt as he was always fond of painting fire in his early paintings. The fact that an actual anatomy lesson was being taken place shows our future generations how we started to learn about the human body from the early days. We literally had to open up cadavers and explore just to learn about ourselves, which is why Rembrandts painting’s is so significant for future generations visualize how things actually were. Rossini is significant as opera is an art form of the time period in which Rossini was a part of. Operas aren’t as popular in today’s times as the art of filmmaking and has become the forefront of storytelling. The fact Rossini persevered after the debut of his prized opera was a fiasco and the opera being about an ordinary person a barber, were all remarkable and deserve to be seen as significant to future generations. Spike Lee’s film is significant as it highlights racial tension in a country were racial tension is like no other country. Other countries have national identities, and other countries are not known for those harsh treatment of slaves or there over easy immigration policies. This all adds up to make America a unique place and the people who live here are also unique. The story of a Brooklyn neighborhood going through racial tension is essential to future generations to understand where America came from, and what was in the time of the film.

The people on the ship would be able to experience each piece of art how it was intended to be viewed. The true essence of each artwork would be experienced as each piece of art has its own meaning and purpose to the museum. The opera is there for entertainment, the film is there also for entertainment and serves as a chance for the actors to rest, Rembrandts painting is available for all to see and witness and Pico’s oration is found in 30 different languages. The guests will be able to bring their families and interact with the pieces of artwork however they imagine as there will be no limit to the amount of time one stays in the restaurant.