Слайд 1The Statue of Liberty
(dedicated on October 28, 1886)
Слайд 3Statue of Liberty National Monument
Location Liberty Island, New York, US
Nearest city New
York
Statue 151 ft (46 m)
with the Pedestal 305 ft (93
m)
Area 12 acres (4,9 ha)
Established Statue dedicated October 28 1886;
National Monument established
October 15, 1924
Visitors 4 235 595 (includes Ellis Island NM)(in 2005)
Governing body National Park Service
Слайд 4It is moving forward - a symbolism of the United
State’s wish to be free from oppression and tyranny.
The seven
spikes on the crown- epitomize the seven seas and seven continents
Her Torch signifies enlightenment
The tablet in her hand represents knowledge and shows the date of the US Declaration of Independence, in Roman numerals, July IV, MDCCLXVI ( July 4, 1776)
Слайд 5Frederic Bartholdi
(1834 – 1904)
Слайд 6The first model, on a small scale, was built in
1870.
This first statue is now in Jardin du Luxembourg in
Paris.
A second model, also on a small scale, was further brought to Maceio, a city in the Northeast of Brasil.
Слайд 7Truth, a French painting
by Jules Joseph
Lefebvre which is
contemporary with the
original
small-scale
model (1870) also depicts
a symbolic torch-holding
female figure.
Слайд 8Frederic Auguste Bartholdi sculpted the statue and obtained a U.S.
patent for its structure.
Mourice Korchlin ( chief engineer of Gustave
Eiffeli’s company) engineered the internal structure.
Eugene Viollet – le – Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue’s construction and adoption of the repousse technique, where the metal is hammered on the reverse side.
Слайд 9Circa 1880 model of the plaster mock-up being realized in
the Bartholdi atelier, rue de Chazelles near Parc Monceau
Слайд 10Diorama
of the manufacture of Liberty’s copper head in the ateliers
of Gaget,
Gauthier and Cie
Слайд 11The cornerstone
of the pedestal designed by American architect Richard Morris
Hunt
In June 1885
Слайд 12The Lighthouse
The Statue of Liberty functioned as a lighthouse from
1886 to 1902.
The was a lighthouse keeper and the electric
light could be seen 24 miles
(39 km at sea)
As a lighthouse, it is the first to use electricity.
Слайд 13Used as a
lighthouse,
the original
torch fatally
disoriented
birds
Слайд 14Inspiration
for the face
One indicated the then-recently widowed Isabella Eugenie Boyer,
the wife of Isaac Singer, the sewing-machine industrialist
Another source believed
that the “stern face” belonged to Baryholdi’s mother, Charlotte Bartholdi (1801-1891), whom he was very close.
Слайд 15Full-size replica of the face of the Statue, seen as
part of the exhibit in one of the corridors of
the Statue pedestal. Note the retention of the original copper color.
Слайд 16Physical characteristics
The Statue stands atop a rectangular stonework pedestal with
a foundation in the shape of an irregular eleven-pointed star
There
are 354 steps inside the statue and its pedestal, with 25 windows
Winds of 50 miles per hour cause the Statue to sway 3 inches (7.62 см) and the torch to sway 5 inches (12.7см).This allows the statue to move rather than break in high wind load conditions.
Слайд 17
Aerial view
Interior view
of the statue upwards,
now closed to public access
Слайд 19Liberty centennial
in 1984 the statue was closed so that a
$ 62 million renovation could be performed for the statue’s
centennial.
A new torch replaced the original in 1986, which was deemed beyond repair because of the extensive 1916 modifications.
The Statue of Liberty was reopened to the public on July 5, 1986.
Слайд 20Original torch,
replaced in 1986.
Слайд 21After 9/11 2001
On September 11, 2001 Liberty Island closed.
The island
reopened in December, 2001
The monument reopened on August 3, 2004
In
June 2006 reopened the crown and interior of the Statue of Liberty to visitor.
Слайд 22Jumps
At 2:45p.m. on February 9,1912, steeplejack Frederick R. Law successfully
performed a parachute jump.
The first suicide took place on May
13, 1929.Ralph Gleason, crawled out through one of the windows of the crown.
On August 23, 2001, French stuntman Thierry Devaux attempt to bungee jump from it. He was not hurt.
Слайд 23Inscription
The statue’s head approximates the Roman Sun-god Appolo or the
Greek Sun-god Helios.
The ancient Colossus of Rhodes (36 m),
one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was a statue of Helios with a radiate crown.
The Colossus is referred to in the 1883 sonnet The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus. Lazarus' poem was later engraved on a bronze plaque and mounted inside the Statue of Liberty in 1903.
Слайд 24Inscription
“ The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus
Not like the brazen
giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to
land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!“
The bronze plaque in the pedestal.
Слайд 25The French Statue of Liberty on the river Seine in
Paris, France. Given to the city in 1889, it faces
southwest, downstream along the Seine.
Слайд 26Replicas and derivative works
More than 200 replicas were placed nationally
as a result
There is a sister statue in Paris and
several others elsewhere in France, including one in Bartholdi’s home town of Colmar.
They also exist in Austria, Germany, Italy, Japan, China, Brazil and Vietnam.
Слайд 27Statue of Liberty replica at Odaiba, overlooking the Rainbow Bridge
in Tokyo Bay.
Слайд 28Political cartoon of the First Red Scare depicting a monstrous
“European Anarchist” attempting to destroy the statue of Liberty.
Слайд 29The Statue of Liberty is part of the New York
State Quarter
Слайд 30The Statue of Liberty is on the reverse of all
Presidential $1 coin
Слайд 31in 1984 the statue was added to the list of
World Heritage Sires
in 2007 the Statue of Liberty was one
of 20 finalists in a competition to name the New Seven Wonders of the World.
