Memorializing is something that has remained a significant piece of our lives, something we as a society have seen done since as long as we can remember. The need to commemorate events and people can be complex in the sense that there are various reasons to create monuments and memorials, whether it be to recognize accomplishments or show respect to deep sacrifice. No matter what the central reason to create a monument is, it's imperative that it remains meaningful. In order to create a meaningful and significant monument, there are multiple factors to first consider. It's necessary for a monument's purpose and significance to be thought of first, to ensure that the monument should even be built in the first place. The location where the monument
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Again, monuments can be created to honor achievements, or they can pay homage/respect to a sacrifice made by an individual or group. A graveyard in Savannah Memorial Park is dedicated to the San Gabriel Valley pioneers who "would bring their dead along with them, preserved somehow, and bury them here" (Source D). This type of "monument" pays homage to the sacrifices and challenges that those pioneers faced. Another imperative step to perform is to decide whether or not a monument should be made in the first place. A sculpture H. Elroy Johnson posed for of him and "his favorite crustacean" waited 40+ years to finally be made into the "monument" it was supposed to be (Source F). This fact may cause a person to wonder why the sculpture was even created in the first place, if no real significance was attached to it, and "no one seemed to want the man and his lobster" (Source F). To perform all of the steps in making a monument, all the costs, materials and time spent, and then to have it wasted when no one appreciates it is just sad. Therefore, making sure the memorial has significance and a purpose is …show more content…
The cost depends mostly on how much of the materials will be needed, which depends on the size of the monument being made. All of these details may seem slightly insignificant, but are essential when creating a meaningful monument. Figuring out the materials he/she would be using and the cost of those materials is something that the creator of "The Maine Lobsterman" should have done. "The sculpture was supposed to be cast in bronze and made part of the Maine exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. But Maine ran out of money, so the artist just slapped a coat of bronze paint over the plaster model and shipped it to New York" (Source F). Planning ahead would've benefited the artist considerably and probably saved the poor statue from being "vandalized, repaired, and ending up in a warehouse where it was eaten by rats" before being properly made and moved to DC where it "rightfully belonged" (Source F). Choosing the correct materials is also necessary in order to illustrate the proper meaning behind the monument. In designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Lin realized that putting the names (of the 57,000 missing and killed) would be enough for the memorial, "no need to embellish the design further" (Source G). Lin discovered that "the ability of a name to bring back every single memory you have of that person is far more
Again, monuments can be created to honor achievements, or they can pay homage/respect to a sacrifice made by an individual or group. A graveyard in Savannah Memorial Park is dedicated to the San Gabriel Valley pioneers who "would bring their dead along with them, preserved somehow, and bury them here" (Source D). This type of "monument" pays homage to the sacrifices and challenges that those pioneers faced. Another imperative step to perform is to decide whether or not a monument should be made in the first place. A sculpture H. Elroy Johnson posed for of him and "his favorite crustacean" waited 40+ years to finally be made into the "monument" it was supposed to be (Source F). This fact may cause a person to wonder why the sculpture was even created in the first place, if no real significance was attached to it, and "no one seemed to want the man and his lobster" (Source F). To perform all of the steps in making a monument, all the costs, materials and time spent, and then to have it wasted when no one appreciates it is just sad. Therefore, making sure the memorial has significance and a purpose is …show more content…
The cost depends mostly on how much of the materials will be needed, which depends on the size of the monument being made. All of these details may seem slightly insignificant, but are essential when creating a meaningful monument. Figuring out the materials he/she would be using and the cost of those materials is something that the creator of "The Maine Lobsterman" should have done. "The sculpture was supposed to be cast in bronze and made part of the Maine exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair. But Maine ran out of money, so the artist just slapped a coat of bronze paint over the plaster model and shipped it to New York" (Source F). Planning ahead would've benefited the artist considerably and probably saved the poor statue from being "vandalized, repaired, and ending up in a warehouse where it was eaten by rats" before being properly made and moved to DC where it "rightfully belonged" (Source F). Choosing the correct materials is also necessary in order to illustrate the proper meaning behind the monument. In designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Lin realized that putting the names (of the 57,000 missing and killed) would be enough for the memorial, "no need to embellish the design further" (Source G). Lin discovered that "the ability of a name to bring back every single memory you have of that person is far more