The Four Works Of Art Preservation For Future Ages

In this essay I will be looking at four different works of art throughout the ages that I think should be preserved for future ages. I have studied many different forms of art and have chosen the following: literature, sculpture, painting and architecture. During this essay, I will be making valid arguments about why the works of art that I have chosen are “the best of the best”. For my first work I have chosen Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare written around 1590. This infamous story has perhaps become the basis for most modern day love stories. Even in modern day times, people are still studying this piece whether it is in the form of a movie, or in the classroom, Romeo and Juliet is just as popular as it once was, many years ago.

The ceiling “has a series of nine paintings showing God’s Creation of the World, God’s relationship with Mankind and Mankind’s fall from God’s Grace” (editors). Over time this piece has become a household staple of culture that has been parodied, and recreated in many different forms. The Creation of Adam is perhaps one of the most iconic religious depictions used in Roman Catholicism. Even though there is controversy between the painted ceiling and Michelangelo’s relationship with the Pope at the time, I believe that this painting should be preserved because it gives us a glimpse of the belief system around this time

It has since played a part in many significant events in English history. Many people believe the Tower was mainly used for torture and beheadings, when it was also used as a military base in World War I, a menagerie, and it also houses the crown jewels, the oldest dating back to 1660. The importance of the Tower is best described in this quote from the Survey of London by John Stow in 1598: “This Tower is a citadel to defend or command the city; a royal palace for assemblies or treaties; a prison of state for the most dangerous offenders; the only place of coinage for all of England at this time; the armory for warlike provision; the treasury of the ornaments and jewels of the crown; and general conserver of the most records of the king’s courts of justice at Westminster.” In regards to this quote, I would preserve this landmark because of not only all of the things that has happened at the Tower but because of the purpose and importance it holds for not only London but for all of English