Bibliograph

Maya Lin, thinking with her hands, Susan Rubin

Type

Label

Maya Lin, thinking with her hands, Susan Rubin

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Maya Lin

Responsibility statement

Susan Rubin

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 6.6, 1, 192022

Sub title

thinking with her hands

Summary

"In the tradition of DELICIOUS, WIDENESS & WONDER, and EVERYBODY PAINTS!, this is Susan Goldman Rubin's extensively researched and very accessible biography of civic activist Maya Lin, most famous for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is one of the most famous pieces of civic architecture in the world. But most people are not as familiar with the reserved college student who entered and won the design competition to build it. This accessible biography tells the story of Maya Lin, from her struggle to stick with her vision of the memorial to the wide variety of works she has created since then. Illustrated extensively with photos and drawings, the carefully researched text crosses multiple interests--American history, civic activism, art history, and cultural diversity--and offers a timely celebration of the memorial's 35th anniversary, as well as contributing to the current, important discussion of the role of women and minorities in American society"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Clay: Cable Lane -- Granite: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Water: The Civil Rights Memorial -- Earth: Wave Field -- Glass: Langston Hughes Library and Riggio-Lynch Chapel -- Celadon: The Museum of Chinese in America -- Dunes and driftwood: The Confluence Project -- Wood: The Box House -- Memories: What is missing?

Target audience

juvenile

Classification