Statue of Liberty New York
by Debra Banks
Title
Statue of Liberty New York
Artist
Debra Banks
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Libert� �clairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, designed by Fr�d�ric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, was built by Gustave Eiffel and dedicated on October 28, 1886. It was a gift to the United States from the people of France. The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad.
Bartholdi completed the head and the torch-bearing arm before the statue was fully designed, and these pieces were exhibited for publicity at international expositions.
The torch-bearing arm was displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, and in Madison Square Park in Manhattan from 1876 to 1882. for relocating it.
Joseph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World, a New York newspaper, announced a drive to raise $100,000 for the statue�the equivalent of $2.3 million today.
Featured by the following Fine Art America / Pixels Photography Groups:
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May 26th, 2016
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Lenore Senior
CONGRATULATIONS, Debra! This image is my Social Commentary of the Week in the fine art group, Our World Gallery! v/f/feature, pin, tw, fb promotion!
Debra Banks replied:
Dear Lenore, thank you very much for the honor of featuring my image in the Social Commentary of the Week in your group.