Maya Lin: Topologies
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0847846091 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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While the 50 projects featured in Maya Lin: Topologies range from sculptural earth forms to memorials, institutional structures, and residences, Lin’s wonder at and respect for the natural world shine through in each."-ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST"This luxurious volume, the first retrospective of Lin's 30-year-long career as an artist and dedicated conservationist, is a keepsake compendium of her art, architecture, and memorials, beginning with her much-celebrated Vietnam veterans' memorial (1982) and concluding with her ongoing and—according to Lin, last—memorial chronicling the disappearing species and habitats on earth. Maya Lin: Topologies is a comprehensive volume showcasing an extraordinary artist who transcends language, time, history, and categorization."-PUBLISHERS WEEKLY . "Maya Lin: Topologies presents 50 projects from the last three decades that demonstrate the scope
Topologies to own. Not only are the pictures superb, but also, the essays are superior. This book is far far beyond any possible expectations i could have had.and I'd guess it will be an iconic classic defining art book of our time. Even the cover is a topology. It is an outstanding book and it's important to buy it while it's still available; it is simply remarkable and extraordinarily beautiful,. Great artist. Wildly over-rated compendium, lacking in genuinely novel book-making. Great artist. Wildly over-rated compendium, lacking in genuinely novel book-making.. Five Stars Great book, excellent price & delivery
Maya Lin is one of the most important public artists of this century. As an architecture student at Yale, Lin designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as a class project, entering it in the largest design competition in American history. The first comprehensive monograph on the acclaimed American artist and architect, known for her environmental works and memorials that distill a tranquil yet texturally rich minimalism. From the moment she entered the national spotlight with her design for the Vietnam Memorial, Lin has been proposing ways of thinking and imagining that resist categories, genres, and borders.. Her winning proposal, a V-shaped wall of black stone etched with the names of 58,000 dead soldiers, has since become the most visited memorial in the nation’s capital.This visually rich volume presents 50 projects from the last three decades that demonstrate the scope of Lin’s creative process, featuring h
Michael Brenson is a critic, scholar, and teacher. He was previously the architecture critic for The New Yorker.Philip Jodidio has written numerous books on architecture and art. John McPhee has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1965. Lisa Phillips is director of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, N