AP Art History: Vietnam Veterans Memorial- #225
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Bio of the work:
Title: Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Date: 1982
Medium: Carved Granite
Location: The National Mall in Washington D.C., USA
Analysis:
Maya Lin, the artist, designed this work as an assignment in her architecture class at Yale. Her design won over even her professor, gaining her lots of backlash. The reflective quality of the granite allows for the lists of veterans carved into the stone to be read while the viewer sees his or her reflection. The experience created at the Maya Lin is incredibly powerful, pensive, and solemn, allowing the viewers to consider themselves within the history and space.
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