Largest creative work

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Template:Use dmy dates The largest creative work is the largest or longest item in different fields of creative works. Some pieces were created with the specific intention of holding the record while others have been recognised for their size after completion.

Literature

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A page from the largest general encyclopedia, the Yongle Encyclopedia.
  • The largest known general encyclopedia is the Yongle Encyclopedia commissioned by the Yongle Emperor of China's Ming dynasty in 1403. It comprised 22,937 manuscript scrolls in 11,095 volumes, occupying Script error: No such module "convert"..
  • The longest poem in any language is the Mahabharata, with more than 100,000 couplets.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • The longest epic cycle is the Tibetan Epic of King Gesar, which contains over 20 million words in more than one million verses.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  • The longest love story and comedy may have been written by French novelist Honoré d’ Urfé (b. 1568). When it was first published, the story L’Astrée occupied 5,399 pages and published in 60 books.[1]

Performing arts

Film

  • Logistics, directed by Erika Magnusson and Daniel Andersson, is officially the world's longest film. Running 51,420 minutes (857 hours) in length, the film follows the production cycle of a pedometer in reverse chronological order.

Music

  • The longest musical performance began on 1 January 2000 and is set to last for 1000 years before repeating. Composed by Jem Finer, Longplayer is played in a 19th-century lighthouse near Canary Wharf, London, and other public listening posts.[2]

Television

Theatre

  • The Mousetrap had been running continuously in London from 1952 to 16 March 2020, when it closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has by far the longest initial run of any play in history, with more than 25,000 performances taking place,[3] and the longest running show (of any type) of the modern era.

Visual arts

Painting

  • The largest painting by a single-artist according to the International Guinness Book of World Records was completed by Ðuka Siroglavic. It measured Script error: No such module "convert". and was created in Bol, Croatia, between 15 February and 15 July 2007.[4] Previous record holders included David Aberg's Script error: No such module "convert". "Mother Earth," (2006) and an Eric Waugh's Script error: No such module "convert"., "Hero" (2002).[5]

Sculpture

Textiles

  • The world's largest hand woven carpet is a Persian carpet made in Iran and completed in 2007.[8] It has 2.2 billion knots, measuring Script error: No such module "convert"..[9]

Ceramics, single fired object

This category is reserved for a single object fired within a kiln:

  • Artist Frans Widerberg unveiled a 5.14 meter (16.8 ft) tall jar in 2001. His creation required 10 tons (22,000 lbs) of clay.[10] The jar is housed in Møllebyen (the Mill Town) the former city center of Moss, Norway.[11]
  • Ceramist Kim Se-yong claims to have produced the world's largest celadon vase. It is 107 cm (42 inch) tall and weighs 157 kg (350 lbs).[12][13] It reportedly took many attempts over a period of a decade to successfully fire the richly detailed Shipjangsaeng (十長生) (10 symbols of longevity) vase.[14][15] It was created using traditional methods including hand/foot kneaded clay, foot driven potter's wheel and wood fired kiln.[16]
  • Artist Mmala Oefile unveiled The Big Pot Africa in Molepolole, Gaborone, Botswana, on 12 December 2020. The 7.5 m (24.6 ft) tall ceramic piece was fired using cow-dung.[17] The object appears to have been fired in place where it was formed rather than being moved into a kiln.
  • Ceramist Nguyen Hung and Huong Viet Ceramic Company unveiled the world's largest carved ceramic plate in 2018. The plate 137 cm (54 inch) diameter plate weighs 400 kg (881 lbs) and required 2,500 man-hours. The plate features a complex design of cedar trees, a pair of peacocks and Feng Shui elements.[18]

Game

See also

References

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  2. ↑ The Guardian. 4 September 2009. "[1]" How to play music that lasts 1,000 years. Accessed 25 March 2014.
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  6. ↑ "Michael Heizer's The City to Open Following Half-Century Wait www.artforum.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  7. ↑ Dafoe, Taylor (2022-08-19). "After More Than 50 Years, Michael Heizer Is Finally Ready to Unveil 'City,' His Life's Work. Here's What It Looks Like Artnet News. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
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