Memorial

To immortalize a human might be impossible but as long as one person knows your name, you are never truly dead. Throughout history, many groups and agencies have memorialized an event or created a memorial but there are more steps and factors in completing this action than most people believe. Memorials and events need to represent something and portray its background properly. When a group or agency memorializes an event or person and when they create a monument, they should include the factor…

Memorial Inquiries Do you know anyone that has been able to prove themselves and have their name on a monument of greatness like the ones we see for nine eleven or the civil war monument? Monuments are made for people that have made other people rethink what a monument is made for.. Anybody and everybody can do anything they put their minds too even have a monument built for them so others can see there is still human beings out there that care about the wellbeing of our country. No only can…

Columbus, Iwo Jima, The Vietnam Memorial, and the drawn out list continues of the many remarkable people and events that over the years artist have created memorials of/for. People create statues, plaques, mausoleums, etc., all for someone who has done something so phenomenal for this nation, as well of astonishing and even devastating events that have forever left an imprint on America and the rest of the world. Designing and having the task of dedicating a beautiful memorial to something needs…

is a very important factor. The monument has to blend with the environment. For example, if the monument is about an awesome person with great power, then the monument should stand tall over the environment. In "Making the Memorial", the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Lin, states "The idea of destroying the park to create something that by its very nature should commemorate life seemed hypocritical, nor was it in my nature." The materials that create a monument play a big role…

complexity of a memorial takes a lot of time and energy along with copious amounts of thinking. A memorial is something designed to preserve the memory of a person or event that had a great impact on society or is a key event in history. Building a memorial is very time consuming and takes a lot of thinking and brainstorming. There are three important key ideas to focus on when building a monument. Size is very important to pay attention to when building a memorial. If a memorial is built rather…

Roadside memorials are notably everywhere on the streets and highways of Hawaii, where accidents have occurred unexpectedly. In The New York Times, Robert Tiernan observes that roadside memorials use public property for private purposes. He believes they violate the constitutional principle of separation of church and state because public facilities are being used to promote religion. He concludes they are a distraction and danger to the motoring public. Though Tiernan makes a sensible point,…

the U.S. Some problems that people may face when it comes to sculptures of a person is that there may be no actual photographs of the person but the meaning behind it is still powerful. Mount Rushmore for example, is a beautiful . “The Crazy Horse Memorial has some of the same problems: it is most definitely an unnatural landmark.”(Downes). Though is monument may be unnatural to some people, it is an amazing piece of art to others.…

there is so many memorials or monuments around the world for specific things. For every memorial there is a meaning behind it and there is value in the monument to the people. Something had happened to change the life of someone or something big enough would change something around the world. In this essay I will explain to you why memorials and monuments are meaningful to people and to everyone in the world. The monument I picked out was the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The…

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…

Location is important because the group should think about who will see it and how to make where the statue is appealing and in a respectful environment. Source A states that the Lincoln memorial didn’t exist in Lincoln’s time and is near a river. Although the choice of location doesn’t seem too pleasing the statue itself has “… its own aura..”. Since Lincoln is a honorable man who many admire because of his contributions to the victory in…