Thursday, June 07, 2018

Harvey, Jeanne Walker. MAYA LIN : ARTIST-ARCHITECT OF LIGHT AND LINES

Harvey, Jeanne Walker.
MAYA LIN : ARTIST-ARCHITECT OF LIGHT AND LINES
New York : Henry Holt, 2017
IL K-3, RL 4.0
ISBN 
978-1-25011-249-1

During the 1960s and 1970s, the United States was involved in a war in Viet Nam.  After the war was over, it was decided to create a memorial to the fallen soldiers in Washington DC near memorials for soldiers who died in other wars. This time there would be a contest that would decide the style.  Over a thousand entries flooded in and from all of those, one was chosen.  The judges were so surprised to find out that the winning entry was by a young college student who had never designed a memorial before.  Learn about Maya Lin and why the Viet Nam memorial is so moving.

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