Monument Or Memorial Dbq

Monuments are significant because it is a visual sight of history and the influential people that helped make history. Monuments help express cultures, they are also great for educating the young minds and for attracting tourists. Monuments attract to the younger generation because they are able to see a physical sculpture of what they are reading about in books, and it is important for the younger generation to learn about different significant events that occurred in the past. Monuments are beautiful to stare at and they often attract many tourists but they take a lot of time, money and planning prior to having them constructed. Prior to constructing a monument or memorial the controversy of the monument or memorial and the target audience

It has been seen lately in the news that many of the previously created monuments have caused controversy because of the emotions they’ve riled up. Many artists need to consider how the audience will react to the monument or memorial that is being created. Article E is a perfect example of the controversial aspect not being reviewed prior to the modeling of a memorial. Article E discusses the controversy of the Holocaust museum being created in the United States. “The controversy came from both Jewish and non-Jewish communities, primarily due to the fact that a museum dedicated to the memory of the Holocaust would be built in the United States, who did little to stop the Holocaust from occurring, or as one protestor (Source E)”. The emotions of the Jewish communities should be on the priority of the artist's agenda prior to creating this design for the Holocaust because this is such a devastating historic part of their lives, not the Americans life. This made a lot of people feel as if the United States was taking credit for the ending of the Holocaust which came off offensive to some people. Many were not in support of this museum is in the United

Prior to creating a monument or memorial the emotion and the mood of the monument should be analyzed. The artist must first analyze how he or she feels about the topic then how he or she would want the visitors to feel after having seen the monument or memorial. In article G the architecture states “ The people and their names would allow everyone to respond and remember” the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wanted to bring a somber and reflective mood to the memorial allowing the visitors and the loved ones of those who died to properly pay their respects and connect to the past. By adding their names this made each life lost due to this war count as a significant piece of history and it allows their families to understand their heroic death. Another article that corroborates with article G is article A, this article states “ In this way, the monumental core in Washington functions somewhat like a pilgrimage site, where communities of believers actually come together in the act of occupying a holy site, seeing a relic, reenacting a sacred event”. This shows the connectivity to the past and the desire to learn about the pass from many Americans and non-Americans. People want to see and interact with actual sculptures because it makes the things they read about to feel real. Millions of people gather every year to visit many of