Monuments are a way to capture an understanding of an iconic person or event in history and cast it in marble, granite, and bronze, so when erecting memorials, people should research the subject intensively, as well as, gauging the feelings of the citizens so that the ideas it represents will not be disputable or controversial. Furthermore, the location, the medium, and the design are essential elements of a monument, as all aspects represent embedded meanings.
To start, before erecting a monument, the builders must carefully choose the site, building materials, and the design to ensure that its message will be beyond dispute. Furthermore, in America, we celebrate heroic people and just wars to commemorate their achievements and honor their …show more content…
In 1911, in the “Arts and Progress Journal,” the author is describing the importance of the site and breadth of the memorial and how these matters are of “national concern” (Source F). Moreover, the reader learns of the large amount of money that has been apportioned: $2,000,000 for the erection of the monument. The author explains that this constitutes the largest sum spent to date, but it is because it combines “grandeur and beauty” (Source F). In the end, the 1911 article illustrates the care and consideration that was taken in choosing every aspect of the Lincoln Memorial. As a result, Americans' witness how the creators built a “pure representation” that moves any visitor to have an “experience [that] marks it as extraordinary and authoritative”(Document A). With the use of marble as the material, the memorial was built with the viewer knowing that this particular monument will endure the …show more content…
Furthermore, the magnificent monument of Abraham Lincoln epitomizes all that is extraordinary about a memorial. Therefore, it is essential that people who want to create a new monument consider every aspect from size, materials, message, but most importantly they need to know what message they want the monument to convey.
Furthermore, before erecting a monument, the builders must carefully scrutinize the period or person they want to memorialize to be sure it will be well received and worthy of acclaim because there is no finality to history. Often memorials are built without much insight into the possible repercussions of building them, and massive controversy surrounds them. For example, the carved memorial of Crazy Horse has had mixed reactions. Many people state that it was a great idea to commemorate a native American hero. On the other hand, other people, including many Native Americans, believe that the craving will do nothing to help their society and is a colossal waste of valuable money that is only defacing a mountainside. A New York Times article detailing the construction of the memorial wrote, “Kelly Looking Horse, a Sioux artist I talked with as he sewed a skin drum at Mount Rushmore, said there were probably better
To start, before erecting a monument, the builders must carefully choose the site, building materials, and the design to ensure that its message will be beyond dispute. Furthermore, in America, we celebrate heroic people and just wars to commemorate their achievements and honor their …show more content…
In 1911, in the “Arts and Progress Journal,” the author is describing the importance of the site and breadth of the memorial and how these matters are of “national concern” (Source F). Moreover, the reader learns of the large amount of money that has been apportioned: $2,000,000 for the erection of the monument. The author explains that this constitutes the largest sum spent to date, but it is because it combines “grandeur and beauty” (Source F). In the end, the 1911 article illustrates the care and consideration that was taken in choosing every aspect of the Lincoln Memorial. As a result, Americans' witness how the creators built a “pure representation” that moves any visitor to have an “experience [that] marks it as extraordinary and authoritative”(Document A). With the use of marble as the material, the memorial was built with the viewer knowing that this particular monument will endure the …show more content…
Furthermore, the magnificent monument of Abraham Lincoln epitomizes all that is extraordinary about a memorial. Therefore, it is essential that people who want to create a new monument consider every aspect from size, materials, message, but most importantly they need to know what message they want the monument to convey.
Furthermore, before erecting a monument, the builders must carefully scrutinize the period or person they want to memorialize to be sure it will be well received and worthy of acclaim because there is no finality to history. Often memorials are built without much insight into the possible repercussions of building them, and massive controversy surrounds them. For example, the carved memorial of Crazy Horse has had mixed reactions. Many people state that it was a great idea to commemorate a native American hero. On the other hand, other people, including many Native Americans, believe that the craving will do nothing to help their society and is a colossal waste of valuable money that is only defacing a mountainside. A New York Times article detailing the construction of the memorial wrote, “Kelly Looking Horse, a Sioux artist I talked with as he sewed a skin drum at Mount Rushmore, said there were probably better