Maya Lin is a driven and innovative artist of our time. Many of her works have been seen as controversial and received harsh criticism. She manages to trudge on. Her works express both an artistic and mathematical feel, somehow finding a beautiful marriage between. Her obsession with art and knowledge can be greatly attributed to her parents, as she was very successful at an early age. Her art career is one of many triumphs and breaking boundaries in the art world. Lin has a great love for nature
sacrifice and great achievements. A contributing factor that agencies and groups should consider when building a monument is the purpose. When Maya Lin, an architect, was planning to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC, she believed that "the use of names was a way to bring back everything someone could remember about a person" (Source G). Lin decided to choose names rather than photos or pictures because visual arts will not be able to describe what every veteran has done during the
Maya Lin Maya Lin is a Chinese American who was born in Athens, Ohio on October 5, 1959. She grew up within a distinguished family of anti-Communist politicians that originate from Beijing, China. Both of her parents worked at Ohio University-her father the former dean of fine arts and mother a professor of Asian literature. Maya was more of a private child during her childhood and spent most her pastime doing more solitary activities- like hiking and reading. She also experienced with other
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.” 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 about the
aluminum tubing, Maya Lin outlines a 3-D landscape of the submerged Mid Atlantic Ridge. By grounding viewers in a gallery, she is able to recreate massive parts of our earth on an architectural scale. Viewers can connect with the piece by moving through and under the work
What makes a good monument, is it the size, the location, the materials, or the interaction with nature? All of these things can be attributed to the formation of a wonderful monument and or statue, but are they key deciding factors of whether not a group or agency should build a statue / monument. Personally i believe that there are very different things that make a statue great, those can be, how the statue interacts with its environment, how it represent history, and how significant it is to society
Maya Lin Maya Lin, an architect and artist, emerged onto the architectural scene in the late 20th century, challenging conventions and redefining the relationship between architecture, art, and environment. Born in 1959 in Athens, Ohio, Lin's heritage as a Chinese-American played a significant role in shaping her perspective and approach to design. Her groundbreaking work not only reflects the socio-political landscape of her time, but also embodies a profound connection to nature and a commitment
Lin is an important public figure of this decade, yet it is awful that it has taken years for an Asian American to be a part of the NBA. In the documentary, Lin demonstrated that even as an underdog he never gave up, and he had many reasons why he should have. Lin is also perceived as a someone with many financial difficulties, but in reality he had all the resources to be successful: parent’s support, financial support, education support, and athletic support. The documentary is biased because it
Linzi Lynn is a self taught painter who is known for her color oriented acrylic paintings of people and animals. Linzi was born in London, England, but has been traveling the world ever since she was a kid. At age 11, Linzi was in the performing arts business as a singer and dancer, and was sent to a theatrical school by her parents when she began to demonstrate her many dramatic abilities. In 1973, Linzi started to channel her performing artistic creativity into acrylic painting. By using her theatrical
Although controversial in its inception, Maya Lin's Vietnam War Memorial adequately fulfills the vision of Jan Scruggs, who returned home wounded from the conflict in Southeast Asia at the age of 19, for a monument to his fallen comrades in arms that would "provide a symbol of acknowledgement of the courage, sacrifice, and devotion to duty of those who were among the nation's finest youth."1 Lin's work, unlike most previous military monuments, rejects the emphasis on heroics in favor of a poignant
author, Brent Ashabranner, says to his readers at the end of his passage “Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin,” “It will make us remember that war is about sacrifice and sorrow, not glory and reward.” The it Ashabranner is referring to is the Vietnam Memorial designed by Maya Ying Lin. This memorial was the the main focus of his piece, “Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin.” The words Ashabranner used for his title have a significant meaning towards the passage. “Always to Remember”
“Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin” is a two part title where each word was chosen carefully by the author, Brent Ashabranner. When soldiers were returned from the Vietnam War, they were being treated awfully. Most soldiers were never honored for serving in the war since many people opposed the war, and some were even spit on. Jan Scruggs, a Vietnam veteran, held a national design competition for a Vietnam War Veterans Memorial. Maya Ying Lin was the winner of the competition and
achieved in art but for one artist Maya Lin, the art she does is made to convey emotion, show a universal truth, and create a spiritual atmosphere in her art. “Artists give form to the immaterial–hidden or universal truths, spiritual forces, and personal feelings” the attributes listed are found in her artwork. As every piece, she makes always exudes these same properties mentioned above to an extent. Markedly Vietnam Vets War Memorial is the main example that shows Maya Lins what elements she uses primarily
It is interesting to note that The Dream of red Chamber from the first chapter is presented as a story of enlightenment. It is described by Vanitas as a love story, but that is only a vehicle used to stimulate enlightenment through love. In the novel, Zhen Shiyin and Jia Zheng both become enlightened through their deep-rooted love for their children. However, characters such as Adamantina and Jia Jing illustrate contrasts to them. Neither of these characters attempt to achieve enlightenment through
A. Plan of Investigation The purpose of this study is to answer the question: To what extent did Chinese leaders display their power through the controlling of sex in the Chinese Cultural Revolution? This can give historians a better understanding of the extent to which the Chinese leaders controlled every aspect of the Chinese people's life. This is a fairly new subject because, as I will discuss later in the project, sex was silenced in the Cultural Revolution. (words:137) | B. Summary
the extent in which Captain Charles Elliot’s actions the Kowloon Incident of July 1839 lead to the First Opium War. In order to assess this, the research will focus on the Kowloon Incident, the interests and actions of the Commissioner of Canton, Lin Zexu and the British Superintendent of Trade in China, Charles Elliot, the Chinese legal system and the question of extraterritoriality. The investigation will consist on books as sources, such as The Opium Wars: Drugs, Dreams and the Making of China
so that everyone in the country saw him as the best person on Earth. Even after the transformation, Mao still did not want anyone to prevent him from ruling the country as a single supreme figure, so he eventually undermined his so-called successor Lin Biao as well. After all these years of struggle, Mao became extremely ill and past away in September 9, 1976.
In 1839, Lin Zexu wrote The letter to Queen Victoria, in attempt to stop the evolving addiction to opium in China. The letter expressed China's desire for a peaceful resolution to the opium trade. He the limited and quite incorrect knowledge he had on the issue in hopes to gain sympathic understanding. Lin used Confucian teachings, historical events, plus forceful reasoning on moral grounds in order to persuade the English monarch that he would not ask of them anything he would not be comfortable
Christopher “Alexander Supertramp” McCandless was a dreamer. However, unlike most of us nowadays, Christopher turned his desire for adventure into reality. Similar to Buddha, he gave up his wealth, family, home, and most possessions except the ones he carried before embarking on his journey. He traveled by various methods, mostly on foot, to eventually reach his desired goal in the Alaskan wilderness. Unfortunately, due to various mistakes, Christopher ultimately passed and his body was found in
you also have to understand its relation to words like Samsara, Avidya, Maya and Moksha. These are all part of the journey towards the Hindu concept of freedom. Samsara is important in defining freedom in Hindu terms because it is what you want freedom from. Samsara is the continuous cycle of life that takes place in the material world. It is thought of as a negative because it keeps us from moving on and up spiritually. Maya is a concept in Hinduism that relates to man disillusioning himself. The