THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL n Dedication:May 20, 1922 n Sculptor:Daniel Chester French n Architect:Henry Bacon n Lori A. Frieberg n IN Final Presentation n August 12, 1999

AESTHETIC ANALYSIS n Line n Shape n Form n Space n Texture n Value n Color

LINE n Horizontal n Vertical n Thick n Heavy

SHAPE n Hard-Edged n Rectangles n Cylinders n Squares n Angular

FORM n Mechanical n Regular n Solid n Strong n Balanced n Grand

SPACE n Foreground – Solid – Balanced – Vertical n Background – Solid – Grand

TEXTURE n Smooth n Clean n Hard n Rough n Shiny

VALUE n High contrast – Color – Lines n Vertical pattern – Top to bottom – Drawn to center

COLOR n Soft n Cool n Neutral – Whites – Grays – Browns

HISTORICAL CONTEXT n 1860 Abraham Lincoln elected president. n 1863 January - Emancipation Proclamation November - Gettysburg Address n 1865 March - Second Inaugural Address April - Lincoln’s assassination n 1911 Lincoln Memorial established. n 1915 Groundbreaking ceremony held. n 1922 Lincoln Memorial Dedication.

BIOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT n ARCHITECT: n Henry Bacon – Studied in Europe. – Admired the temples of ancient Greece. – Submitted drawings to the Memorial Commission in – Final approval given in 1913.

BIOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT n SCULPTOR: n Daniel Chester French – Self-taught artist. – Sculpted people and animals out of clay as a child. – Previously worked with Bacon on the Chicago World’s Fair.

CRITICAL INTERPRETATION n Heavy n Hard-Edged n Strong n Solid n Rough n Focused n Neutral

CRITICAL INTERPRETATION n Others: – Site for many Civil Rights gatherings.

EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETATION n Standards of Learning: – History and Social Science: 2.4, 2.9 – Mathematics: 2.15, 2.18, 2.20 – Science: 2.1, 2.6, 2.7 – English: 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11 n Other: – THE ARTS: Music, Dance, Theatre, Visual