Washington Monument Art History
10/14/11
Art History The Washington monument is a memorial in Washington D.C. commemorated to our first president George Washington.Construction of this monument began in 1848 and took nearly a century of planning and building to finish.The Washington Monument was designed by architect Robert Mills.In 1854 however construction came to halt because of political conflicts and lack of money because of the civil war.This is also why the marble the monument is in two different colors because they used a different color marble to finish the monument.Work resumed in 1880, and the monument was finally finished in 1884 and opened to the public in 1888.The monument was modeled after the obelisks of ancient Egypt. The monument is one of the tallest masonry structures in the world standing at 555 feet tall, and the top layer is only accessible by elevator. The Washington Monument is important in U.S. history because it honors George Washington who is one of the founding fathers of our country.Without George Washington we wouldn’t have won the revolutionary war and would have never become a free country.That's the importance of the Washington Monument in the United States.The Washington Monument was the world’s tallest structure from 1884 until 1889 when the monument was passed up by the Eiffel Tower.Recently the monument was damaged in the Virginia earthquake on August 23, 2011 and remains closed to the public indefinitely while the structure is assessed.The government spent more than 200,000 dollars inspecting the structure between August 24 -September
Art History The Washington monument is a memorial in Washington D.C. commemorated to our first president George Washington.Construction of this monument began in 1848 and took nearly a century of planning and building to finish.The Washington Monument was designed by architect Robert Mills.In 1854 however construction came to halt because of political conflicts and lack of money because of the civil war.This is also why the marble the monument is in two different colors because they used a different color marble to finish the monument.Work resumed in 1880, and the monument was finally finished in 1884 and opened to the public in 1888.The monument was modeled after the obelisks of ancient Egypt. The monument is one of the tallest masonry structures in the world standing at 555 feet tall, and the top layer is only accessible by elevator. The Washington Monument is important in U.S. history because it honors George Washington who is one of the founding fathers of our country.Without George Washington we wouldn’t have won the revolutionary war and would have never become a free country.That's the importance of the Washington Monument in the United States.The Washington Monument was the world’s tallest structure from 1884 until 1889 when the monument was passed up by the Eiffel Tower.Recently the monument was damaged in the Virginia earthquake on August 23, 2011 and remains closed to the public indefinitely while the structure is assessed.The government spent more than 200,000 dollars inspecting the structure between August 24 -September