Maya Lin
eBook - PDF

Maya Lin

A Biography

  1. 216 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Maya Lin

A Biography

About this book

This book provides an informal biography of the wunderkind who became one of America's greatest living artists and most well-known architects. Many are familiar with the art and architectural design work of Maya Lin, but the compelling details of her personal background are less well known. This book not only focuses upon Lin's substantial achievements throughout her life, but also presents Maya Lin's "prehistory, " describing family events in China that led to her parents' flight to the United States. Author Donald Langmead guides readers through Lin's ancestry and family connections in precommunist China; her childhood and youth in Athens, Ohio; the story behind the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC; her career after 1982 (by decades); and emphasis on environmental conservation. Written for a young adult and general readership, Maya Lin: A Biography provides an up-to-date description of how she became one of the most famous and respected artists in America.

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Information

Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9780313378539
eBook ISBN
9780313378546
Edition
1
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Art General

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. CONTENTS
  3. SERIES FOREWORD
  4. INTRODUCTION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  5. TIMELINE: EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF MAYA LIN
  6. CHAPTER 1: “WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM?”: CHINESE ANCESTRY
  7. CHAPTER 2: A TRADITION IN ARCHITECTURE: LIN HUIYIN AND LIANG SICHENG
  8. CHAPTER 3: ESCAPING CHINA: MAYA LIN’S PARENTS
  9. CHAPTER 4: “PEOPLE HERE ARE NICE”: ATHENS, OHIO
  10. CHAPTER 5: OUTSIDE, LOOKING IN: CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH
  11. CHAPTER 6: ALMOST FOR “A LARK”: AN UNDERGRADUATE AT YALE
  12. CHAPTER 7: DESIGN IN MASHED POTATO: THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL COMPETITION
  13. CHAPTER 8: ANNUS HORRIBILIS: BUILDING THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL
  14. CHAPTER 9: ACCRETIONS AND AGGRAVATIONS: CONTINUING CONFLICTS IN WASHINGTON
  15. CHAPTER 10: NEW HAVEN, NEW YORK: NEW BEGINNINGS
  16. CHAPTER 11: OUT OF THE WINGS: THE ARCHITECT AS ARTIST
  17. CHAPTER 12: A HECTIC DECADE: THE 1990s
  18. CHAPTER 13: A NEW MILLENNIUM
  19. FURTHER READING
  20. INDEX