Maya Lin by Richard Andrews

Maya Lin by Richard Andrews

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Maya Lin came to prominence in 1981 with her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This book traces her fascination with geologic phenomena and topography, integrating natural contours and materials into evocative landscape sculptures such as Character of a Hill Under Glass (2002) and 11 Minute Line (2004).

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Maya Lin by Richard Andrews

Maya Lin came to prominence in 1981 with her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This book traces her fascination with geologic phenomena and topography, integrating natural contours and materials into evocative landscape sculptures such as Character of a Hill Under Glass (2002) and 11 Minute Line (2004).
"'Utilizing the way in which scientists and computers see our world, drawing on images based on sonar views of the ocean floor, to aerial and satellite views of the land, I have started to create artworks that translate that technological view into sculptural forms' Maya Lin"
Richard Andrews is Director of the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington. John Beardsley is Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Harvard University.
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ISBN 13 9780300121209
ISBN 10 0300121202
Title Maya Lin
Author Richard Andrews
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Yale University Press
Year published 2006-09-01
Number of pages 112
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.