<strong>Final Project</strong>

The Four works of art that I will carry in my voyage represent some of the most unique works of Pre-history to the Renaissance and will allow people to see the beauty and complexity of these works of art. The four masterpieces I have selected include the Hebrew Bible, The Basilica of San Vitale of Ravenna, Don Quixote and the Nasca Geoglyphs. These works of art represent a great period in human history and I consider extremely important that they be preserved in one way or another in order to allow future generations of Humans to really appreciate the beauty of this time.

First, the Hebrew bible, which is an influential religious text, that talks about the life of the Hebrew people over a long period of time. The Hebrew bible is a testament that reflects the influence of some of the most important empires in human history like the Mesopotamian culture, the Persian, Greeks and the Romans. What makes the Hebrew bible a unique text is that the stories of the bible do not represent a specific time but are a continuous development of stories of ancient times. The bible started with few stories but as time went by the book kept growing and more and more stories were put in it. The Hebrew bible will allow people to learn about the great stories of the past; many of these stories of the Hebrew bible have some correlation with similar work produced during that time like the stylistic similarities between text of ancient Babylonian and Persian Empire. For Example, the Story about the Epic of Gilmamesh, which is a story of Babylonian times, is closely related to stories of the book of genesis in the Hebrew Bible. This in my opinion will allow the reader of the future to see the big picture of things not just a short period of time.

Another aspect that I think is important is that because the Hebrew bible is a combination of myth, history and stories it will allow the future generations of readers to educate themselves but at the time they will be able to read some of the most fantastic stories that the imagination can capture, so in a way the display of the Hebrew bible is for education purposes but also for entertainment purposes. Another aspect that people will be able to understand is why the Hebrew bible remain such an important text not only in ancient times but also influence many society outside of the Hebrew.  For Example people could see how the Hebrew bible influence other important texts and documents like the United States Declaration of independence show some of the main ideas of the Hebrew bible and also the Hebrew bible is the base for what had become the New Testament Book which is important for Christianity.

The influence of the Hebrew Bible is undeniable and by having it preserved I can help make it influence more generation in the future. The main way I will preserve the Hebrew bible is by taking the Original book with me in this long Voyage and I will place the book in an especially constructed Gold Book Holder. The main reason I choose Gold as the material for the Holder is because During my time on earth Gold was considered one of the most important commodities and metal and I think it is fitting to put such an important text in it. The Hebrew bible will be place in holder for people to see, but because I do not such important text to deteriorate with time, the book will get a special protective cover that will allow its preservation and I will also bring one copy just in case something were to go wrong or damage the book, so in that way in case the book suffer some deterioration or damage I can use the replacement and keep the tradition going. During the display of the Hebrew bible I will place especial white light that will reflect on the bible as if a light from above the skies in particularly on the bible. The main reason I will do that is to showcase the Hebrew bible and portrayed as a text that comes from above and a guidance text for humans.

The Second work of art that I have decide to preserved is the basilica of San Vitale (Ravenna) which is a Basilica that took from 526 to 548 to construct and reflects the influence of the Roman and the Byzantine empires. The fascinating aspect of the Basilica of San Vitale is that its design and structure is it a combination of the Roman style and the Byzantine style which make it kind of unique in its appearance and majestic beauty. The basilica of San Vitale main attraction is the interior 18<sup>th</sup> century murals and mosaics which many of them have religious connotation.

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I will create a showing of the Basilica in a video format mainly because due to its size it will be impossible to take in my ship, but I will hire somebody to make one elaborate video record of the basilica and that video would be view by the future generations. Also I am planning on bringing some of the mosaics especially the smallest ones so that people could see the beauty and how works of art where in the 6<sup>th</sup> century. The display of the basilica will include plenty of photos made by the best photographers so that the actual beauty could be catch and people could see every aspect of the basilica in detail. Apart from that I will also bring a small replica of the basilica so that future students could see its structure and learn more about what aspects were of Roman influence and what aspects were of byzantine influence.

The basilica of San Vitale is one of the greatest buildings of the 6<sup>th</sup> century next to Hagia Sophia and that is why I consider of extreme importance to preserve it at least in video and replica form. The mixture of Roman architecture like the doomed roof and the Byzantine architecture like the polygonal shapes makes the building one of a kind. Also the basilica mosaics portrait the life of that time like the emperor and also stories of the bible, which will make it perfect because I am also bringing the Hebrew bible with me. People could use the display of the bible as guidance for the display of the Basilica of San Vitale, which depicts stories about the Old Testament. I think people will be able to relate both displays.

The third work I am bringing with me in this voyage is Don Quixote which is a book written by Miguel de Cervantes and is considered a literary classic of the Spanish Golden era. This novel has been translated to many languages and is important because it reflects the conflict between the old and new ways of living. Also what makes the novel interesting is that it certain characteristics like comical, tragical, and some traces of history, which make the novel very interesting to read because it keeps the reader wanting more.

The story is base on Don Quixote a middle age gentleman from Spain which after been influence by many cavalry work and the different experiences of his life like being captive for many years, he decided to embark on a mission to protect and defend the innocent. The book details those adventures that he takes alongside his sidekick named Sancho Panza. The story revolves around Don Quixote and all the people he meets in his journeys.

I will do something really interesting to display this masterpiece of Literature and that is basically that I will bring many copies of the book but each copy will be in a different language. Don Quixote is one of the bestseller novels of all time and has been translated to many languages. The idea here is to bring the novel in many languages so that people could learn and compare how the novel reacts in a different language other than the original, but also the display will allow people to learn more about an unknown language to them, in summary the display of Don Quixote will serve as an educational purpose.

People will be able to learn how was Spain and the world at that time like the battle of the Spanish navy against the British navy and also the novel puts a big emphasis on the stratification of Spanish society at that time with some people like the nobility at the top having many privileges and at the bottom the ordinary citizens that had to fight every day to survive. Also another aspect that I think is important to emphasized is that Don Quixote will allow the reader to relate to what was going on literary at that time like the emphasis on chivalry tales and the ideas that innocent people need protection or the idealization of women.  The novel is important because it has social aspects that other pieces do not have and the piece showed some opposition of the author to the church, which he considered a corrupt institution.

Another Aspect that makes Don Quixote a great piece to preserve is the technique and style because Cervantes presents all his characters with many attributes so in that way the reader to have a clear picture of the characters which basically allow the reader to really understand the dept of each character. Another aspect that make the novel important is the in some parts of the novel the stories are down to earth stories that every people can relate to, but in other parts of the novel there is some fantasy involves which makes the novel very appealing because you are always guessing what comes next.

Finally I will also bring with me the Nasca Geoglyphs which are some of the most amazing designs man has ever build on land. The Nasca Geoglyphs are located in Peru in the desert, which will make it kind of hard to bring with me. In this case what I will do is to construct a small version of the terrain where the Nasca lines and geoglyphs. I planned to go to Peru and bring with me a small version of the terrain like the soil and then a specialist of the Nasca geoglyphs will construct them in that piece of terrain that I brought but that person will do that in a small-scale version.

The Nasca geoglyphs were made by the Nasca people that habitated Peru between 100 to 800 AD and the pictures and geoglyphs vary in size and complexity, there’s are many animals depiction in this work like spiders, whale, birds and that makes it very unique site in the world. The other aspect that makes it unique is the terrain use to build this geoglyphs is special because it contains a mineral called ferrous oxide, which allows over time to see the contrast of the soil and the geoglyphs. I will have my experts build the mini replica by using the same techniques used by the Nasca people like by removing the gravel and contours around the pictures in order to make them appear in the ground.

The Geoglyphs are important because of the complexity of the figures and also the harmony, which make them very unique because the Nasca people will have use math principles in order to build them. Many archeologists are surprised at the symmetry of the figures specially since there are no records that the Nasca people had any flying device to see the picture from above which is the only way to appreciate their magnitude. During this period the Nasca people were worried about worshiping the Gods and how to please the Gods so the lines according to some experts could be offering to the Gods and as a result of sacred purpose.

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The Nasca geoglyphs are consider important because they have survived mostly intact for a long period of time and because it reflects that ancient civilizations like the Nasca had some advance characteristics like mathematical knowledge, which makes these features more impressive. Also some of the pictures have some astronomical use like the bird that point to certain direction, which determines certain characteristics of the terrain and the seasons.

As a conclusion, these four masterpieces like the Hebrew bible, the Basilica of San Vitale, Don Quixote and the Nasca geoglyphs will be the masterpieces that I will preserve. In that way I will contribute to the learning and knowledge that future generations could acquire from this pieces.

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