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Maya Lin : thinking with her hands
- Title
- Maya Lin : thinking with her hands / by Susan Goldman Rubin.
- Author
- Rubin, Susan Goldman
- Publication
- San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2017]
- ©2017
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQD 18-190 | Schwarzman Building - Art and Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Description
- 99 pages : illustrations (some color); 22 cm
- Summary
- "The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. is one of the most famous memorials in the world. But most people are not as familiar with the college student who won the design competition to build it. This carefully researched volume chronicles Maya Lin's childhood, her battle to create the memorial as she envisioned it, and the incredible body of work she has produced since then. More than simply an art book, this compelling biography of a young woman who became a visionary artist and activist is also a timely celebration of the role of women and minorities in American society--past, present, and future"--
- Subjects
- Chinese American architects
- Women architects
- Artists
- Chinese American artists
- Architects
- Chinese American architects > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Women architects > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Biography
- Artists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- Lin, Maya, 1959- > Juvenile literature
- Chinese American artists > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Lin, Maya Ying
- United States
- Architects > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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?
- Call Number
- JQD 18-190
- ISBN
- 9781452108377
- 1452108374
- LCCN
- 2016058584
- OCLC
- 966971172
- Author
- Rubin, Susan Goldman, author.
- Title
- Maya Lin : thinking with her hands / by Susan Goldman Rubin.
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JQD 18-190