Maya Lin is one of the most modern architects you probably have ever known. Maya Lin was born on October 5‚ 1959 in Athens‚ Ohio. She was also an artist and a sculptor. The book Boundaries was also by her. Maya designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982‚ the Civil Rights Memorial in 1989‚ Groundswell in 1995‚ The Wave Field in 1995‚ Flutter in 2005‚ and other great projects. Maya’s mother was a poetry writer and she teaches literature. Her father designed china
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Human life is short in reference to the timeline of mankind and each year‚ many significant individuals who benefited humanity greatly‚ pass away. In order to remember these revolutionaries‚ groups and organizations will engender monuments. When creating these sites of remembrance‚ factors such as location‚ size and personalization need to be considered. The location of a monument needs to be considered when memorializing an individual because it can add emphasis to their remembrance. However
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to provide land for the memorial‚ and then came the task of raising the necessary funds for such a memorial. It was amazing how the entire memorial was completed with private funds‚ and hundreds of thousands of Americans chipped in to honor their veterans. Finally‚ a design contest was held‚ and a college student‚ Maya Lin‚ submitted the unique proposal for the memorial. Her design was controversial‚ but statues such as the Three Servicemen were added‚ and today the Vietnam memorial is one of the
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THE HUNT FOR SEASONAL WORKERS CROSSES BORDERS TOMMY DOYLE KAPLAN UNIVERSITY AB 203 HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT HILDA WHITE DEC. 25th 2012 THE HUNT FOR SEASONAL WORKERS CROSSES BORDERS Introduction After reading the case study analysis in this week’s assignment reading‚ there are three questions to be answered in this paper‚ and the information to follow is an answer to those questions. Review/Analysis of the case Question #1 If the companies described in this case cannot fill all vacant
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In accordance with my Puerto Rican heritage‚ I chose the “Ballajá” sculpture created by Victor Ochoa and created in 1992. It currently resides near the Ballajá Barracks in San Juan‚ which is a military barracks that was built from 1854 to 1864 and used extensively during the Spanish-American War and World War II. The barracks is architectural art in itself‚ following the neoclassical style – along with other several famous buildings in Puerto Rico (San Juan Municipal Theater‚ Puerto Rico Academy
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Summary/Critique of “Monuments to Our Better Nature” When choosing what story to read out of “75 Readings An Anthology” one caught my eye; “Monuments to Our Better Nature”. This caught my eye because I was intrigued to see what kind of monuments Byers talked about in the story. The moment I read he was talking about the monuments in Washington D.C. I knew this was the story I wanted to summarize and critique. During my spring break of my 9th grade year I visited D.C. and visited all of the monuments
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Maya Lin was born on October 5‚ 1959 in Athens‚ Ohio. Her parents‚ both taught at Ohio University‚ her mom‚ Julia Lin‚ was a poet and her dad‚ Henry Lin‚ was a ceramist. They had fled China in 1949 right before the Communist Revolution. She also had an older brother Tan‚ who was also a poet. Growing up Lin enjoyed reading and building miniature towns‚ she also excelled in mathematics. She didn ’t have many friends‚ and enjoyed staying at home and studying over going out with friends. In high school
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The Reflections of War In the poem‚ “Facing It‚” Komunyakaa uses his personal experience while visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial after surviving the Vietnam War and the mental affect of the reality that death has left. In the poem the author uses imagery to illustrate to the reader the feelings he experiences while dealing with the loss of his fellow comrades. “I go down the 58‚022 names‚ half-expecting to find my own in letters like smoke.”(14-16) While at the memorial he is reminded of
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Determine if you can interact with the media or advertising. Social media is interactive‚ whereas traditional marketing is passive. •Can you respond or “talk back” to the ad? Watching television‚ listening to the radio or reading a newspaper‚ for example are all forms of traditional marketing. The reader/viewer/listener is passively reading the paper‚ watching TV or listening to the radio and is confronted with an ad. The only way around the advertising is to turn the channel or page. Whether you
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How the Visual Arts Communicates Kristen Cortez ARTS/100 September 16‚ 2013 Dr. Laura Ruiz How the Visual Arts Communicates Elements of Composition Maya Lin’s piece Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a V-shaped wall made out of black granite that lists the names of the 60‚000 men and women who died in the Vietnam War. This massive piece is located in Washington D.C. The memorial is placed so it looks as if it is descending into the ground. Lin’s
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