I believe we should consider in creating a monument.A Monument is something created in memory of a person, event, ete, such as a statue. Some people may ask, why build a monument? The reason people build monuments is because the monument manufactures its own aura. You should think of a monument likes it’s you, say you did something to deserve to be a statue, you would love it right? That’s why i think agency should consider in memorializing an event or person and in creating a monument.
Historical significance is one of the main points of a monument. No matter how nice and good looking it looks, if it doesn't have a good background then there's no point of building it. Most people want to learn about things that have a great or just good historical significance, and when building a monument you can sometimes found out more about it."The monument of Christopher Columbus in Riverside Park",(source B) has some historians significant behind it. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer,
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navigator, colonizer, and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. He nearly almost cost him his life on his first voyage into the Atlantic Ocean. Christopher was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia but sadly he never did. Instead of finding the route he stumbled upon the Americas. He completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. Before building a monument you need to have a Historical Significance. "Why make a pilgrimage to a site with no Historical Significance to read a text that was already everywhere? The monument manufacturers it's own aura" (Source A). Extraordinary and Authoritative is important when building a monument, you have to make sure it's nice and good looking.
When you look at it, you should want your eyes to pop out. You shouldn't want it to be compared to anything around it. If you can compare it to you liked then that's not a decent monument."Waiting for Crazy Horse (source C), isn't completed, it's a slow job". The face is the only thing that's completed after all that time. The rest- his broad chest and flowing hair, it's his outstretched arm, his horse- is still encased in a stone. If you look at it, you would love it, because i looked it up and found it and it was beautiful.The face that is done is gorgeous, it looks just like the stone.As you are structuring the monument, make sure it's extraordinary. If it have your name on it you should want it to be neat and good looking, make it pop." Looking up at the monument in the golden light of late afternoon, it was hard not to be impressed" (Source
C). When your building or just thinking about a monument, you should think about where you gone put it. A monument should be put in a proper place. If you place a monument or a memorial in the right location it established its own tone. If you place a monument or memorial in a wrong location it won't last too long, its establishment would be different."Preserving Memory: National Holocaust Memorial Museum," i believe that the Holocaust doesn't belong in The Mall in Washington, D.C. In (source E) it says "a Holocaust museum in the town whose political sages refused to lift a finger to halt the Holocaust or open our shores to the few survivors", To me i find that very offensive. If it had been place more presentable it would have been a success." The design of the building encourage further controversy". Building a monument in a proper environment will help promote the development of the designs and the duplicate of the building. Some may believe that building monuments isn’t necessary. Some may consider it to be the cost, the cost is something important because if you don't have money you can't build a monument.Most people might say it's the money, but it's really not because the person your building, have people that like's them, and will donate money. Money it's a big deal, there are so many people around that don't mind helping others. A Monument is something created in memory of a person, event, ete, such as a statue.The reason people build monuments is because the monument manufactures its own aura. You should think of a monument likes it’s you, say you did something to deserve to be a statue, you would love it right? That’s why i think agency should consider in memorializing an event or person and in creating a monument.It's important to build monuments, with a good purpose behind it. Making a monument needs a lot of details, before you build it, make sure you have the details done.
My first reason why it was not worth the costs is the wall actually did not keep people out. It was not very protective. The wall affected so many things. It affected life styles, people's daily routine. It also affected families. (Doc. E). The wall was not one big long wall. It stretched three hundred miles to the west and there was a watchtower beyond the wall end. But there were still places that were not protected by the wall. The Xiongnu could just walk around the wall and them come in and invade. People may think that they are fine because the wall is protecting them but they need to be aware that there are spots that are not protected by the wall. They would spend so much money on this wall to protect people when it really does not protect them that well (Doc. D). One of the most important reasons is that they had to pay the Xiongnu to stay out and not invade them. They paid them with Silk Thread and Silk Fabric. The amount they gave them from the year 51 BCE to one BCE they almost tripled the amount! It increased a lot. If they had to pay them to stay out them that proves that the Great Wall does not work.
America’s history-both good and bad-has much to teach us. Taking down, destroying these monuments is erasing, rewriting the physical symbols of the nation. This type of cultural whitewashing is inglorious. We can treat these monuments as a cautionary tool to remind ourselves what we are and what we are not. The cost forebears paid for the freedom of the nation should be remembered; therefore, people should retain these statues to remind of themselves what these monuments represent.
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 when planning and creating a memorial to the past. Examples of such feats are the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, and even Mount Rushmore. For the latter of the memorials, an entire mountain was dedicated to the faces of four major presidents.
A memorable monument is a historical structure that represents a significant person or event. They are designed to show the importance of either the person or event. Monuments are intended to last forever so the subject will never be forgotten to society. The factors that should be considered when creating a memorable monument are that the subject must be powerful and meaningful to society and the design should resemble the significance of the subject. These factors help communicate the magnitude of the individual or group’s sacrifice, as well as honor moments of great achievement in history.
Agencies and groups should consider the purpose, location, and size of the monument in order to respect peoples' achievements and sacrifices as well as events. Monuments reminds people about the great leaders and events that happened in the past. However, not everyone gets their own monument because in order to be honored and respected, one must either accomplish a huge achievement or sacrifice for the greater good. As the American designer, artist and architect Maya Lin once said, " Every memorial in its time has a different goal."
Eye catching pieces like a giant reflective bean, or a woman holding a torch with a crown, or four men fighting to hoist our nation's flag. Each different place has it's own cultural viewpoints and personal taste. This shows the importance of history especially to Americans. We value our history and try to captivate it in a form that will be visible for ages. The different aspects going into the creation of buildings or monuments is simply put, monumental. To create a monument, the place, the theme and the response should be gauged beforehand to ensure it's building. Humans are inspired by their own doing just as much as they are by nature. Just who and why a statue is memorialized can be a very difficult topic to discuss, as will be discussed using varying sources.
The buildings that I chose to do were an advert for a powerful civilization. The emperors showed their power that they are the great leaders with a lot of money that could get many workers as they possibly could to erect their pattern of monument. The emperor Augustus used propaganda to ensure a vast base of support leading up to his renunciation in 27BC. The Roman emperors also built all these monuments in regard to public entertainment for their political advertising.
A monument is used to memorialize events or people, whether it is used to honor moments of great achievement or to pay tribute to deep sacrifice. Several factors are considered when creating a monument or a memorial; materials, design, and location. Each factor needs to be carefully considered to make a monument memorable and intriguing.
Monuments are sometimes depicted negatively because of petty things, such as the publicity the monument will receive or how the monument would be destroyed because of natural disaster, as if the circumstances were not beyond one's control. People are forgetting the bigger picture! Monuments should make people feel something, whether it is positive or negative. Monuments honor, teach, and inspire people in their own way. There is a lot of consideration put into monuments to appear as worthless. Monuments like The Crazy Horse Memorial are portrayed badly because no one knows what the man looks like, but the monument honors the North American Indians and people seem to forget that. So when building any kind of monument the site, aesthetics, money, and purpose are some factors that an administrator must take into account.
...lding can be, yet it has its own distinctive style and meaning. The Memorial is not a mirror image of its ancient ancestor, rather, it is a descendant of centuries of development and change. The Jefferson Memorial is no simple carbon copy of the original Pantheon, it is a building and a work of art in its own right and should be appreciated regardless of history.
The placement of the monument is important, because you want that monument to be surrounded by citizens who were affected by the event or person. For example, Crazy Horse was a Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota. He resided mostly in the Black Hills South Dakota area. Therefore, it makes sense for his monument to be placed there for all to see and remember him. Also, the size of the monument is also important. As Lawrence Downes says in Source C, “And, far bigger, a full-formed Indian on a horse, his eyes ablaze, his long arm pointing out over his beloved Black Hills.” The remarkable size of this monument will grant shock and awe as spectators from all around the world come to share in Crazy Horse’s
and the importance of their history. It is the first monument to be added to the National Park
Many say that a person is only dead when they are forgotten. As a way to commemorate a person, event, or object, people may feel the need to get a tattoo, frame a picture, or create a monument. Monuments are built for several reasons; as the prompt stated, some honor moments of great achievement, while others pay homage to deep sacrifice. When designing the monument, details such as the location, material, and size are crucial to the process and should not be determined carelessly.
The building of this famous Roman structure is still a mystery to us today. However, the excavation of this site has helped archeologist better understand the structure itself and the way it was built. Along with this, it has helped us understand Roman culture and history more than we had before. The Colosseum is an extremely important part of Roman history and has shaped ancient Roman culture into what it is known as today.
Monuments are a symbol of a significant time in history. Monuments represent life, death, success, and struggle just to name a few. They have become as important to society as the events they represent. They bring history alive to new generations and memories to those who experience them firsthand. Monuments create a bridge between generations. Many parents feel a certain indescribable joyfulness when they see the look in their child’s eyes they had went they viewed the same monument.