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The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable monuments in the world, a powerful symbol of freedom and the American dream. For decades, the myth has persisted that the statue was a grand gift from France, but Mitchell reveals how she was in fact the pet project of one quixotic and visionary French sculptor, Fre de ric Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi not only forged this 151-foot-tall colossus in a workshop in Paris and transported her across the ocean, but battled to raise money for the statue and make her a reality.… (meer)
A detailed history of both the artist and the statue and its long road from development to completion. It is a wonder that the Statue of Liberty was ever built because its faced major hurdles all along the way not just in design but more importantly in funding. The United States and France were to share the cost but while the French fairly quickly paid for the statue itself the US could not find donors to pay for its base. Were it not for Joseph Pulitzer (newspaper fame) taking the fundraising under his wing we might never have seen this wonderful monument built. This and many other insights are shown in this highly informative book. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
To Lucy and Gigi
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
(Prologue) At three in the morning on Wednesday, June 21, 1871, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi made his way up to the deck of the Pereire, hoping to catch his first glimpse of America.
A sculptor first sketches an idea before he commits chisel to stone or bronze to a mold.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
When I discover a subject grand enough, I will honor that subject by building the tallest statue in the world. - Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, creator of the Statue of Liberty, thirty years before its inauguration
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(Epilogue) He had learned, as Bartholdi had, that sometimes a person merely needed to grope toward the fantastic to reach his own version of immortality.
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Portions of this work previously appeared in the Byliner single Lady with a Past: A Petulant French Sculptor, His Quest for Immortality, and the Real Story of the Statue of Liberty .
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable monuments in the world, a powerful symbol of freedom and the American dream. For decades, the myth has persisted that the statue was a grand gift from France, but Mitchell reveals how she was in fact the pet project of one quixotic and visionary French sculptor, Fre de ric Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi not only forged this 151-foot-tall colossus in a workshop in Paris and transported her across the ocean, but battled to raise money for the statue and make her a reality.
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