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Liberty. Liberty Enlightening the World (known as the Statue of Liberty ), by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, was donated to the US by France in 1886 as an artistic personification of liberty. Liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political ...
The Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World ), a colossal sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, underwent an extensive conservation-restoration between 1984 and 1986, in advance of its centennial. The statue, designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, is part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument.
"Statue of Liberty" is a 1978 single by XTC. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios , London and subsequently banned by BBC Radio 1 for the lyrics "In my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt". [5] XTC performed the song on the BBC2 television show The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1978.
The Statue of Freedom is a statue of a woman that is on top of the United States Capitol. It was made in 1863 by Thomas Crawford. The woman is a symbol - she was not an actual person but stands for the idea of freedom. She is holding a shield and a laurel wreath in one hand. In the other hand, she is holding a sword that is sheathed (in its case).
The statue with The Summit apartments in the background. Artist. Joseph Morcom. Location. Soar River bridges, Leicester. The Leicester Statue of Liberty is a small replica of the Statue of Liberty ( Liberty Enlightening the World) by local stonemason Joseph Morcom installed at the twin Soar River bridges in Leicester, England. [1]
Yet no one living in 1885, when the crated monument arrived in New York Harbor, could have foreseen the central place the Statue of Liberty would come to occupy in the American imagination. With the particular insights of a cultural historian and scholar of French history, Edward Berenson tells the little-known stories of the statue's ...
The Statue of Liberty ( Greek: Άγαλμα της Ελευθερίας) is a bronze statue erected at the harbor of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos in Greece . The statue was created by Greek sculptor Gregorios Zevgolis based on a design by local painter Georgios Jakobides. [1] It was cast in Germany in 1922, and was erected and dedicated in ...
