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<p style="text-align: center;">Uniqueness
By James J Schlenker</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The arts that I have chosen to take aboard the ship were selected to inspire future generation. I will display these works of art in a museum aboard the ship, and will promote my art for all the members aboard the ship to enjoy. These works of art will be part of my personal collection that I have brought aboard the ship to share with the purpose of preserving human inspiration among the crew of the ship.  The name and theme of the collection that I will be displaying will be “Uniqueness.”<!--more-->
I will display my collection in the following way. First will be an introduction to the collection that I will be presenting in a gallery aboard a ship. This introduction will serve as an invitation posted on a pamphlet for all members aboard the ship and to instruct them on what will be displayed. Second, the room I will design in the gallery will be limited of space because of the tight quarters of a ship. Therefore, I will design a room that will give the impression of limitless space. I will display my art with the most original works unless limited by space. Third, I will describe the historic and inspirational factors of my work on plaques that will be displayed in the room with the art.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(Pamphlet)
Uniqueness
From The Schlenker Collection of Art of Earth</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The Human Galactic Gallery is proud to present Uniqueness, a collection from the James Schlenker Art of Earth from the 17th century to the 20th century. Each art represented at the gallery is considered unique of its era and will be preserved in our galactic gallery for the inspiration of our future generation.  Uniqueness is a demonstration of original works of art that serve to inspire future generations to be unique in their creation. The works of art to be displayed will be limited to Don Quixote, The Taj Mahal, The Paris Exposition film 1900, and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The collection will be presented in one of our rooms aboard the ship.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(The Room)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">On the outside wall of the room there will be posted the name, “Uniqueness a Schlenker collection of art of Earth.” The inside of the room will be made to demonstrate limitless space for the audience to feel tranquility and for the display to seem vast as they may be models or replicas that will not be of the same size. This limitless space will be accomplished by creating an optical illusion, by painting the room white and positioning the lighting in order for the audience to see a limitless white space with no contours of the corners and floor. The arts represented will seem to be gliding on the limitless space but they will be positioned on the walls limiting the audience to follow the path around the displays.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The entrances will be on the left front corner of the room in order to give each display a wall for presentation. Inside the room there will be a path to walk; it will be a route of chronological order around the displays to ensure a steady flow of traffic. The room will be separated by an imitation of the garden of the Taj Mahal with the fountain leading towards the Mausoleum. The garden and fountain will be on the center of the room making the chronological route around the gardens.  Following the entrance route there will be Don Quixote on the left side of the room, on the back side the Taj Mahal, on the right side the Paris Exposition film 1900, and on the front of the room Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Each art will be displayed as following. Don Quixote will be displayed with three original books, the first book will be a first edition in Spanish which will be off limits for people not to open, the second and third book will be translations for the audience to open and read. Above the books there will be a portrait of Miguel De Cervantes; beside there will be the original Picasso of Don Quixote, and an introductory picture of the cover of Don Quixote. The Taj Mahal will be the greatest display of all as it is the largest of all and it will be displayed as a model because of its immense size. Although the Taj Mahal will be setup from models, there will also be originals parts to be displayed. As seen from the front of the room the garden and the Mausoleum will be models but around the Mausoleum there will be original parts of the design of the walls with the beautiful inlayed rock work. When seen from the front, the lighting and the pool will create the same effect of a floating Mausoleum to give more originality to our model. The Paris exposition film 1900 will be presented with pictures of Edison and the Kinetograph. The film itself will be playing on a monitor on the right side of the room for the audience to enjoy while viewing the pictures. Last but not least, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band will be presented as the final chronological order of display. There will be pictures of the Beatles with their costume of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and the album will be playing on the background of the entire room as it will not disturb the film or the other displays. The garden with the fountain in the middle will be made for people to sit while viewing the displays without disturbing the chronological route, and it will serve as a space of tranquility for the members of the ship to relax</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">(The Plaques)
(Don Quixote)</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Don Quijote De La Mancha (1605)
By Miguel De Cervantes (1547-1616)</p>
Don Quijote de la Mancha is the first of its style and one of the first to mark the beginning of renaissance literature in Western Europe. Cervantes manage to write this entertaining novel that veer away from the usual medieval romantic literature and used Don Quixote as a figure that mock the romantic medieval knight.

In 1605 Miguel de Cervantes, after a disappointing literary career, convinces a printer to publish his novel. “Don Quixote” is the story of a gentleman called Quejana that owns a bookstore filled with chivalric romances. After becoming more and more submerged in the stories of knights and quests, Signor Quejana makes an illusive world in which he becomes Don Quixote, a knight, who has come to fight evil, and restore the world to the Golden age. Don Quixote with his trusted side kick, Sancho Panza, set out to fight giants which are actually windmills and armies that actually are flocks of sheep.

The insightful novel of the human mind created by Cervantes is an innovation of its era, as More’s Utopia which reflected individualism and Shakespeare searching for what makes us human. Although, Spain remained in a society which reflected medieval values, wealth was changing its social classes, and Spain was on the verge of a modern world. For Cervantes this was the perfect setting to use his modern novel to criticize the romantic medieval values instilled on Spain. Don Quixote was not typical of its era; it was an innovation of its era to change the values of a country.

This work merits the title of unique because it was a change from the usual and brought new values which would set standards for future writers. This literature will entertain future generations and it is important to preserve for the inspiration of originality for our society.
<p style="text-align: center;">(Taj Mahal)</p>
The Taj Mahal(1647)
Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan(1592-1666)

Known as Tadj Mahall, was symbol of love that was built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal during the 17th century. With the immense power and wealth, it became tradition for Mughal emperors to demonstrate their power with palaces and art. It is from this era that the English word mogul was created, as someone that has much power and wealth. The Taj Mahal took over 20,000 workers under the chief architect Ahmad Lahawri. Construction started in 1632 and was finalized by 1647.

Shah Jahan intended to build another palace across the river connecting it by a bridge to the Taj Mahal. The idea was that the Taj Mahal would be the tomb of his wife and the second building would be the tomb of Shah Jahan. But, Shah Jahan was deposed by his son Aurangzed, and the plans were never completed but the Taj Mahal remained to show its beauty.

The Taj Mahal is made of marble which changes colors depending of the time of the day. The Taj also depicts geometric figures but as piedra dura, which is a style of inlaying precious stones. These stones represent inscriptions from the Quran and designs of flowers and plants. The Taj Mahal also uses the tree line pool to create an illusion that the mausoleum is floating. During the nineteenth century the Taj Mahal became a favored picnic site between colonial Englishmen, who thought of the place as a romantic monument rather than a tomb. The iconicity that the Englishmen gave to the Taj Mahal became popular culture around the world and it was seen as a symbol for love and Hindu culture.

The Taj Mahal is a monument of love that has not been surpassed by any other palace of its origin; it is unique for the period, and original in detail to its style. It is for this reason that Taj Mahal deserves to be part of the Uniqueness collection. It depicts the power of love in earth and will inspire the future of humanity to push forward for what they love.
<p style="text-align: center;">(Paris Exposition Film 1900)</p>
Paris Exposition Film 1900
Edison’s lab

The Paris exposition filmed by James H. White and produced by Edison’s labs was an innovation of its time as technologies arose around the film industries. The Paris Exposition Universelle was the world fair and a very popular time for new inventors and technologies to be presented and became the perfect scenario for a film. What makes the film unique was the use of a spherical motion camera which was able to capture the Eiffel tower from bottom to top and to move around scenes by pivoting on its position which presented an illusion of motion. The film was able to capture life in Paris and it’s most marketed and important scene of the Eiffel tower.

Films had been a dream for many at the end of the 19th century but it arose mainly as an implement to the phonograph. Edison did not invent films but only perfected them. The optical illusion of moving images that was created as they where painted in a rotating disk as kids toys in the early 19th century, and then became the foundation of films. Edison envisioned the idea of a “home-theater machine” like a television in modern times. In 1888 Edison hired William Laurie Dickson to develop such a device that would accompany the phonograph and therefore create a machine that could play sound and motion picture. Although, the kinetograph was created by Dickson but the implementation of sound was difficult to synchronize with the movie.

The exposition was a thing of the future with new technologies and arts; it was a time where Paris would be filled with tourist from all around the world for the event and a perfect scene for a movie. Edison exploited this marked as he quickly manage to send a team lead by James White for the 1900 exposition to take films of the event with a new kinetograph which featured an spherical that gave the films a uniqueness of motion as the kinetograph did not stay stationary but could move up and down and to the sides. It was the perfect time to capture the images of the exposition including the Eiffel tower and to display the new technology.

These films may be unknown for many but it is important to realize their uniqueness as they represent beginning of all great films, and deserves to be part of the collection as they will inspire the members of this ship to create innovations for the future.
<p style="text-align: center;">(The Beatles)</p>
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
The Beatles

In the mist of harsh time a new musical band, the Beatles, spur to cheer up the world. It was the 60’s; the Beatles captivated the world with their charismatic performance and their new style of music and personal appearance. They became the musical leaders of an era and the symbol of a movement in search of peace. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was one of the last albums made by the Beatles and one of the most influential because it was aimed toward the movement by which they became a symbol.

The Beatles started their career as young musician in Liverpool England but obtained their education as musician and performer in Hamburg Germany, where they would play in a bar for American soldiers.  In Germany the Beatles they found their style after playing song from artist that inspire them like Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Elvis Presley, the Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly. For example, the loud high pitch of Little Richard, the melodic sounds of the Everly brothers, and the fantastic performance of Elvis Presley.

After their return to Liverpool it was obvious the change as musician and soon after the Beatles would become a popular band. With a change to the bands drummer and the tour with Little Richard in England, the Beatles mark the beginning of Beatlemania with members John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Star. By mid 1960’s The Beatles had control over their public’s style as they began to let their hair grow long and started growing a beard. Between 1963 and 1967 the Beatles released 18 records by which in 1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the beginning of their final period but one of their most influential records.

The song of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band introduced the band which in the cover showed the colorful costumes with the faces of many historical figures of the century like Albert Einstein, Edgar Allen Poe and, among many others, Sigmund Freud. It was an introduction toward musical art represented in covers, videos, and even the costumes that the Beatles would wear.  This album became the greatest influence toward a culture against war, in search of peace, and the Beatles became the leading symbol by which the world would remember them.

Their music has inspired people all around the world, and their songs were used for peaceful movements.  The Beatles were introduced to the music hall of fame in 1988 and their members John, Paul, and George have all being introduced as single composers.

Their music was unique and deserves its part in our gallery as it will display the meaning of being unique in hard times. The music of the Beatles will inspire the members of our ship and the future generations to find their style in whatever they do while it is original and meaningful for all.
<p style="text-align: center;">(Final Plaque on the exit of the Room)</p>
Each display of art seen at this collection are part of history that have shown uniqueness in their times. They are the symbol of originality of our past and made for the inspiration of our future. These arts represent our humanity and should be preserved in order to understand how we came to be. In order to forge further as a human race, we must not forget our past. Be original and unique as each of these artists was in the past.