Introduction The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in the middle of New York Harbor, in Manhattan, New York City. The statue, designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886, 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 of freedom, 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: a welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad.
e. Today I am going to briefly discuss about The Statue of Liberty, first ill explain the history, then the construction and finally the physical details of the statue. I. Body f. The Statue of Liberty was a gift. i. According to Nobleman (8) France gave The Statue of Liberty to the United States as a gift.
The rough stone was brought to Paris, where Dr. Kunz studied it for a year before cutting it. This was done so it could be determined the best way to make it shine. The stone was brought and cut in Paris under the supervision of Dr. Kunz. The product was a cushion-shape brilliant diamond weighing 128.54 carats with 82 facets, 24 more facets than the traditional 58-facet brilliant cut. According to Smith these extra facets give the great yellow diamond the effect of smouldering fire”(532) “as if lit by an inner flame” (The Tiffany Diamond.).
She and her husband are still valued today as the forerunners of our modern bridges. The towers of the bridge are built of limestone, granite, and Rosendale cement. The blocks used on the bridge were built in Manie and shipped to New York by schooner. Once the construction of the suspension/cable-stay hybrid bridge was complete in 1883, it had a total length of 5,989 feet and with a width of 85 feet. It was 41m tall and weighed a whopping 14,680 tons.
Niepce had been experimenting with iodized pewter and silver-coated metal plates. Daguerre perfected the process by sensitizing the silver plates with iodine fumes. In 1837 and 1838 Daguerre was trying to raise money for his “daguerreotype” invention. Francois Arago, director of the Paris Observatory influenced France to purchase Daguerre’s invention thereby making it available worldwide. In 1852 Napoleon III became emperor.
It is a day to acclaim his life." Rio de Janeiro's Mayor Eduardo Paes has declared three days of mourning in Niemeyer's home city. It is thought he will be buried there on Friday. Inspirational women's curves Oscar Niemeyer started his career in the 1930s, when Brazil was still copying neoclassical European architecture and designing ornate palace-like buildings. Niemeyer said his stylised swoops were inspired by Brazilian women's curves His bold futuristic designs in Brasilia made the new capital a dramatic statement of confidence in the future of Brazil, and an icon of modern architecture.
In 1960 Mattel became publicly owned and was listed in the New York and Pacific Coast Stock exchange. Only 5 years later Mattel made a sales top of 100 Million US Dollar and joint the “Fortune 500”. 1986 they acquire the Hong Kong based industry ARCO and create a joint Venture with Bandai, Japans largest toy company. In 1997 Mattel’s Global Manufacturing Principles were established. Mattel is the first global consumer products company that established a framework within which all of the company’s manufacturing must be conducted and who applied such system to its facilities and core contractors all over the world.
The Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty was given to America in 1884 by the French in honor of the friendship they shared. The monumentous statue, standing at 151 feet, was designed by sculptor Fredric Auguste Bartnoldi and Alexander Eiffel, the creator of the Eiffel tower. The Statue of Liberty, also known as Lady Liberty is a representation of the Roman goddess of freedom. She carries a torch, symbolic of knowledge that lights the way for the world. Lady Liberty is also a universal symbol of freedom from oppression and forged friendships between nations.
The Plaza began its construction in 1905, when Gates and his partner bought the land in front of Central Park for 3 Million dollars. They decided to construct a building for the privileged class of New York. The building was a sky scraper based on the French chateau. They built the interiors with the finest materials from Europe. Tiles, marvel stones, gold, crested china, silverware and crystal chandeliers were all imported from Europe to fit the taste of the rich.
He went to work under another sculptor hired by Lorenzo de Medici. When Michelangelo was 21, he went to Rome, where he was commissioned to carve a group of marble statues showing the Virgin Mary supporting the dead Christ on her knees. His sculpture was called Madonna Della Pieta, and it made Michelangelo famous. A few years later, in 1501, he accepted a commission for a statue of David. He took on the challenge of carving this beautiful work out of a “huge oblong chunk of pure white unflawed Carrara marble – some 18 feet high and weighing several tons – that had been badly block out and then abandoned by an earlier sculptor” (Coughlan 85).