Along the way, I asked a group of frequent visitors why so little people know about this place. They responded by saying,” Well, I know people don’t (go) here because it’s difficult (to) access by car and it’s a bit off the ball (unsure) and its considered far I think for someone who is on a bike.” I also asked what they think Theodore Roosevelt would have thought about the monument. The two visitors responded by saying, “I think everybody would want a beautiful (statue), he was wild, sort of outdoor sort of “far from the matting crowd”.
But In “Architect 's Dilemma on Memorials”, an interview of Alison Hirsch, Alison thinks that a good monument is easily accessible and open to offerings. I think a good monument should reflect the importance of why it is there. The monument should use details about the person’s life being honored
Yes, however the cost to build and maintain may be exponential, but the pros over weigh the cons by leaps and bounds. To construct this memorial was 8.4 million dollars, but that was from a fund that was supported and made by the American people. This was so that we could always have a place for the fallen heroes and a place to remember our history and show our children in the future who did so much so that we could have the rights and freedoms in this great country the way we all do today as well as remember and memorialize the heroes and the ones who have contributed to making America the place it is today. The tax money and time that is put into creating and maintaining these memorials are well spent and are used to show and remember our past.
The need to memorialize events or people is complex; in some cases, monuments honor moments of great achievement, while in other cases, monuments pay homage to deep sacrifice. A monument 's size, location, and materials are all considerations in planning and creating a memorial to the past. In any case, the need to honor or pay homage to a specific person or event is prevalent within society. A monument has to mean something to the society it is place in. The location of a monument is perhaps the most important aspect of creating a successful monument to honor and show respect to a person or event.
This monument is important to have because it gives people a sense of what
One must keep in mind that, monuments may never make everyone happy. As long as a monument was not made with the intention of attacking a group of people it deserves to be
For this cultural report, I will be talking about my experience when I visited a significant and historical architectural site. On July 21st, I visited the Castillo San Felipe del Morro, or “El Morro” in San Juan, Puerto Rico. El Morro is a fort built by the Spanish during the mid 1500s, and was used to defend Puerto Rico from outside forces. The fort was attacked by the English and Dutch in the 1590s, and suffered significant damage from the U.S. Navy during the Spanish-American war, where the lighthouse was destroyed but rebuilt again.
After watching the video Art 21. I deeply agree with Wodiczko’s comment on how people feel more comfortable talking to strangers through the beauty of art, than to talk to love one’s about personal and painful experiences in person. The idea of sharing your story through a monument is an amazing idea because it allows people to speak out and express themselves about the several issues that we as a society are afraid to talk about for the fear of being judged, treated differently or even harassed by the media. One projection that stood out to me was the Tijuana projection that gave a deep insight on what young girls go through in their culture and the emotional pain each and one of them go through. These girls were brave enough to shared their stories with an audience that was interesting in listening to their pain and suffering behind a monument that gave them the courage to speak out.
There are many ways to remember an event or person such as a scrapbook, however monuments are a brilliant way to symbolize the importance of a person or event. Usually when a monument is being constructed, the agency or group feels it is necessary to memorialize the person or special event that is a role model to our society. To construct a predominant monument, one should consider the location, architecture, and the purpose behind the idea of establishing a monument. One of the most important component, an agency or group should determine when building a monument, is the location.
Memorializing, can be an honor for such great sacrifice or even paying a tribute to a deep achievement that has occurred. The need for such memorials, can be complex, whether it be for people or events, that can lead to the creation of statues,or even in other cases, buildings. The way one builds the memorial as well, is a big part of many considerations on the way it is created, and what it brings today’s culture from the past. In the past and even today, citizens continue to build memorials in thought of what humans did to change our lives. Like people, memorials all have their stories, for instance like Source A, Source D, and Source E.
What is a memorial or more important what, if any, is their importance? A memorial is something, mostly a structure, established to remind people of a person or event. I firmly believe that memorials are a great asset to our community, our city, our state, and our world. They help us understand of the lives before us and helps us appreciate the brave men and women who fought for our country. Today, I am going to talk about two famous monuments in the great state of Ohio.
One of the first concerns that should be called to everyone 's attention when proposing the construction of a monument is: How much will it cost? Let us look
As Ralph Waldo Emerson has stated, “great achievements build a monument which shall endure,” implying that monuments and memorials are important because they offer a method of recognizing and celebrating notable figures’ accomplishments. However, there are many complications that need to be addressed when constructing memorials and monuments that people do not realize. Agencies that construct memorials need to take into account the demands of various people in order to satisfy their concerns. Once the agencies can establish a plan for a monument that has a neutral position, they should begin to create them. Agencies should think about the significance, controversy, location, and the emotional connection when constructing a monument or memorial.
Yesterday evening, I watched a film that widened my view on a subject I thought I understood well. “Monuments Men” directed by George Clooney, is not only a stunning movie filled with incredible characters, exciting events, and a beautiful message, it is even more extraordinary than that because this film was based on actual events. World War II is known for it’s tragic deaths of millions, but little is recalled about all of the artwork, monuments, and books that were stolen and destroyed in thousands, sometimes millions. This is why the Monuments Men were created, to try to save our culture and our history, so if we lived through the war, we would still have beautiful things worth living for. “Monuments Men” is about a group of art
Why doesn’t certain statutes get the same recognition as the main and attention as bigger memorials. Some memorials get more attention than others Americans find the making of large national monuments would stand out more than the smaller memorials. Argument, however, is without political meanings, and when the public space in question is the National Mall the political meanings are amplified. In many cases, these aesthetic arguments echo, and are perhaps proxies for, political arguments. The belief, expressed by many critics, that the memorial should not be where it is, that it destroys the integrity of the open mall, impedes vistas and disrupts the flow of space, can be read as basic resistance to filling open space with meaning.
