Maya Lin Essays

Maya Lin stated that “I felt a memorial should be honest about the reality of war, and be for the people who gave their lives” (Lin Maya 1). Maya Lin, an undergraduate architect, designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial for the support of veterans who fought in Vietnam. The 58,000 names on the memorial represent who served in the Vietnam War. The 21-year-old girl’s design caused many controversies towards the memorial. The memorial had a significant impact on Americans that changed some of their views

was a tribute which is in Washington DC. Maya Lin entered a nationwide competition to create a design for the wall and won. The wall is made of two black granite walls that form a V-shape and has the names of all 57,939 Americans who died during the war. There was much controversy on the design of the wall. Despite the back and forth arguments about the wall’s design, it is clearly an appropriate tribute to the Vietnam Veterans. In October 1980, Maya Lin was a 21 year old architect student at Yale

In The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Lin employs rhetorical devices in order to elucidate, the gross cost of the Vietnam Conflict in U.S. lives. The minimalist design used in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial emphasizes the overwhelming amount of human lives lost.On the Wall, a small diamond is depicted next to the names of people confirmed dead, if a person is MIA(Missing in Action) they get a small cross next to their name. The cross can easily be carved into a diamond if the person is confirmed

Maya Lin Maya Lin is an architect, sculptor, educator, and artist from the United States. Lin and her art feature across the United States. She became famous at the young age of 21 when she was chosen as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer. U.S. President Barack Obama awarded Maya Lin the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her design. ==Youth and Family== Maya Ying Lin was born on October 5, 1959, in Athens, Ohio.O’Connell, 2016 Julia Chang Lin, her mother, was born in Shanghai, China, emigrating

Maya Lin is a designer and artist that came to fame when she was 21 because she submitted her design in for the Vietnam Memorial Museum and won. She graduated from Yale University and started making sketches for the Museum. She did not expect to win because many of the best architects and artists from around the world were entering their designs in as well. Not only did she design the Vietnam Memorial Museum but she also designed the Civil Rights Museum as well. She received her Master of Architecture

During the 1920s the African American people suffered strong racial discrimination, they lived facing oppression like racism in employment, education and culture, consequently they lived a low quality life. Nevertheless despite all the racism and prejudice, many artists raised exalting their culture with the intention of create a new and positive image of themselves, through art, music and literature, transforming the 1920´s in the era of Jazz, Blues and the Harlem renaissance. Among the entire

are designing three-dimensional surfaces by using computers and then using marble to create the masterpieces. By these architects and artists are analyzing, studying the data and creating art they can see the changes in the world. It is neat how Maya Lin is using art to show the dramatic size change of the lakes. I believe, the purpose of this artwork is to make us think, what are we as species doing to cause the world around us to change so drastically? Two art elements that was demonstrated are

Water emerges from the table's center and flows evenly across the top. Behind the table, the quote “We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream” said by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is engraved. As Lin envisioned, the Memorial plaza is "a contemplative area — a place to remember the Civil Rights Movement, to honor those killed during the struggle, to appreciate how far the country has come in its quest for equality, and to consider how far it has

Britain’s forced introduction of opium in 1825 in China had devastating effects on its population and economy. The people of China express their just displeasure with the British people and its monarchy in documents 1, 2, and 9. In Document 1, a Chinese emperor is addressing the King George of England in 1793 in a letter. The letter states that the Celestial Empire (China) has all the things that it needs in abundance and therefore does not need to trade with the “barbarians” of England. The excerpt

comes to loathe his previous dedication to the "right" way of living. Baoyu eventually dedicates himself to fulfilling the role he's so long avoided after a mysterious encounter in a dream convinces him that the only possible way to see his beloved Lin Daiyu is through living properly. Wasting his life pining for his dead love would be considered suicide of sorts and he would therefore be banned from heaven. His attachment to Daiyu rouses in him a final application to civic studies. Ivan's accident

were considered good or beneficial, in fact, many weren’t. This is shown by three different primary writings from the time, Excerpt from Latin America: Its Rise and Progress written by Francisco García Calderón, letter to Queen Victoria written by Lin Zexu in 1839 and Travels in West Africa by Mary Kingsley. All of these include one country criticizing another and/or mal interactions. In an excerpt from Latin America: Its Rise and Progress written by Francisco García Calderón, he criticizes the

Zhichen Zhang Professor Dustin Shaffer Communication 105 14 January 2018 Stephen Sondheim: Into the Woods Into the Woods is a well-known musical which debuted at the Old Globe Theater in 1986. The musical is written by Stephen Sondheim and he is an American composer who has made great contribution to musical theater more than a half-century. James Lapine is the book author and he plays a necessary role to this incredible musical. I watched the musical which brought me enter a brand-new field –

Humanities Essay: The Aztecs The Aztecs or Mexica as they called themselves, weren’t originally from the Valley of Mexico, many people migrated from the north. As history states the people migrated because of a great drought in northern Mexico and southwestern United States. After two centuries of migration, around 1200 AD the Aztecs started to form their foundation in the Valley of Mexico, and that was the start of one of the most mightest civilization. The Valley of Mexico attracted many more people

derived, from the earliest settlers of central America, the Olmecs. The Mayan people were spread throughout Central America in places such as present day Mexico and all the way to Honduras but centered mainly in Guatemala. (History.com, “Locating the Maya”) The Mayan people accomplished many things and became a big influence to later civilizations. For a civilization that started in isolation from the rest of the world, they were able to accomplish many things that the rest of the world had done before

Have you ever been a place where you can not leave? You would do everything you possibly can to escape and be freed. The poem “Sympathy” is a poem about a bird who is a poem about who is trapped in a cage. As you read the poem, you begin to understand that there is a deeper meaning to the poem. When the poem was wrote in the 1800s, many African- Americans were in slavery, and the poet wanted others to know how many of them felt. In the poem "Sympathy", by Paul Laurence Dunbar, he tells a story of

The Mystery Behind Machu Picchu Machu Picchu, one of the wonders of the world, is a rare, historic site, that has escaped destruction for hundreds of years. It is an archaeological site that has remained a mystery ever since it was discovered. No one knows why it was built, what it was used for, or how it remained intact through the centuries. Even so, the mystery behind Machu Picchu can be concluded into two theories, being used as a ceremonial site or being a safe haven for the elite. The use

different and similar like they both did sacrifices just not has often and different or how the aztecs and mayans live in CA and the Inca live in peru or how all of the tribes build pyramids. Similarities between Inca, Maya and aztecs So first lets take about how the Inca, Aztecs, and Mayan are similar. The Inca, Aztecs, and Mayan are similar from they worshiped gods.As they worshiped god very religiously and did sacrifices with everyone as there are a bunch of ceremonies

Qui est-ce Brigitte Bardot Fact One Brigitte Anne– Marie Bardot was born on September 28, 1934 (age 81), in Paris Fact Two Brigitte Bardot is a French dancer, model and actress who was once an international icon in the 1950’s and 50’s with films And God Created Women and Contempt Fact Three Brigitte Bardot is a Breast Cancer survivor Fact Four Brigitte Bardot retired as an actress when she was 39 and then became a full time animal activist

As Maya Angelou once said “For the caged bird / sings of freedom” (Angelou 1969. Line 37-38). For most people freedom appears as an assumed privilege. However, it is easy to forget those in the past and the present can only dream of freedom. Maya Angelou’s poem is a reminder of the people who did not have a chance at a free life. Maya Angelou, a North American author, poet, and civil right activist, has become a voice for those who had failed to speak up for themselves. She is recognized for

Fire and Ice- Robert Frost In his poem Fire and IceRobert Frost compares and contrasts the two destructive forces: fire and ice. Frost presents the reader two options for the end of the world, either in hot fire or in icy cold. Although Frost chooses fire for the end of the world, he gives a fair comparison that ice could be the victor of the world's destruction. The theme presents itself with Frost taking the position of fire. Frosts describes his view toward fire in the third and fourth lines