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History is full of unfinished masterpieces. They've wound up in this state for a variety of reasons (from the death of the genius who created them to something as inane as lack of funds). The purpose of this thread is to explore what the effects of the finished product would be (if any) on world history.

These can be literary, artistic, scientific or architectural works. But the rub of it lies in the fact that IF the creator's death is what caused its incomplete state (i.e. the clichéd example of Mozart's Requiem), he/she ONLY completes the work in question, no new projects (Mozart got the commission for the Requiem in July 1791, and died in December. Around the same time of the Requiem's commission, he received a commission for La Clemenza de Tito - which he finished by August/September, so clearly he COULD'VE finished a Requiem if he'd wanted to).

A couple of my favourites: Neuschwanstein Castle, Michelangelo's Julius Tomb (any of the versions BESIDES the final product), Dicken's Edwin Drood, Schubert's 8e (actually there are a few of Schubert's works he seems to have just given up on) symphony, Bernini's AND Cortona's designs for the Louvre, Wren's redesign for Whitehall and Winchester Palaces... I'll stop there, don't wanna take all the good ones ;)
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