Big Ol' Smitty 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2009 The story is that, civilization approaching its possible doom (not really, but it's the premise of the poll), [TSM] has been assigned the task of assembling for posterity a representative collection of the Arts of Humankind, to be preserved in a sealed container so that some future beings of intelligence, discernment and taste can discover it and be impressed...What we all have to do is to nominate under the following 12 headings those artists whose work we would like to see going into the sealed container... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Ol' Smitty 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2009 1. Poet - TS Eliot 2. Playwright - Shakespeare 3. Novelist - Kurt Vonnegut 4. Composer - Mozart 5. Jazz Musician - Billie Holiday 6. Rock or Pop Star/Group - The Clash 7. Country Star/Group - Johnny Cash 8. Movie director - Wes Anderson (sorry, I'm impossibly white) 9. Painter - Monet 10. Photographer - fuck if I know...Ansel Adams 11. Sculptor - Michelangelo 12. Architect - Frank Lloyd Wright 13. (added by me) Rap Star/Group-Notorious B.I.G. 14. (added by me) Actor/Actress-Robert Duvall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Ol' Smitty 0 Report post Posted February 25, 2009 I couldn't decide if Tyler Perry was more of a director or playwright, so I'm creating a 15th category of "most brilliant individual of all time." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vitamin X Report post Posted February 28, 2009 10. Photographer - fuck if I know...Ansel Adams Annie Leibowitz? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Your Paragon of Virtue 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2009 1. Poet - Robert Frost 2. Playwright - Shakespeare 3. Novelist - James Joyce 4. Composer - Beethoven 5. Jazz Musician - Miles Davis 6. Rock or Pop Star/Group - Jimi Hendrix 7. Country Star/Group - Johnny Cash 8. Movie director - Orson Welles 9. Painter - Giorgio de Chirico 10. Photographer - Annie Leibowitz 11. Sculptor - Michelangelo (Not educated at all on this topic, so I will just go with the most famous) 12. Architect - Kurt W. Leucht 13. (added by me) Rap Star/Group- Outkast 14. (added by me) Actor/Actress-Jack Nicholson Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Ol' Smitty 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2009 I'm gonna go ahead and assume you agree on Tyler Perry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Niggardly King 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2009 I'd just throw in belladonna, george carlin, and tech n9ne and call it a night Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ravenbomb 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2009 1. Poet - Edgar Allen Poe 2. Playwright - Tom Stoppard 3. Novelist - Hubert Selby Jr. 4. Composer - Mike Patton 5. Jazz Musician - Billie Holiday 6. Rock or Pop Star/Group - Pink Floyd 7. Country Star/Group - Neko Case 8. Movie director - Werner Herzog 9. Painter - Salvador Dali 10. Photographer - Nan Goldin 11. Sculptor - Michelangelo 12. Architect - Whoever did the Chartres 13. (added by me) Rap Star/Group- Del tha Funkee Homosapien 14. (added by me) Actor/Actress- Ingrid Bergman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2009 1. Poet - Edgar Allen Poe 2. Playwright - David Mamet 3. Novelist - Kurt Vonnegut 4. Composer - Ludwig Van Beethoven 5. Jazz Musician - Charlie Parker 6. Rock or Pop Star/Group - The Beatles 7. Country Star/Group - Johnny Cash 8. Movie director - Stanley Kubrick 9. Painter - Vincent Van Gogh 10. Photographer - David LaChapelle 11. Sculptor - Michelangelo 12. Architect - Frank Lloyd Wright 13. Rap Star/Group- Wu-Tang Clan 14. Actor/Actress - Peter Sellers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! 0 Report post Posted February 28, 2009 Blacks is right. I would want to preserve the work of a standup comedian/spoken word performer. The ideas and accomplishments of George Carlin are much more important to me than pretty much all the ones of the artists that I listed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
At Home 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2009 1. Poet - Robert Frost 2. Playwright - Shakespeare 3. Novelist - Murakami 4. Composer - Mozart 5. Jazz Musician - John Coltrane 6. Rock or Pop Star/Group - The Beach Boys 7. Country Star/Group - Johnny Cash 8. Movie director - Francis Ford Copolla 9. Painter - Bob Ross 10. Photographer - Annie Leibowitz 11. Sculptor - Michelangelo 12. Architect - Frank Lloyd Wright 13. Cool guy - Ben Franklin 14. Philosopher - Plato Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
