The Statue of Liberty is dressed in ancient Greek-style clothes and wears a radiant crown. The seven sharp peaks symbolize the seven continents. The torch symbolizing freedom is held high in the right hand, and the nameplate engraved with July IV MD CCL XXVI (1July 4, 776, the date of the declaration of independence) is held high in the left hand; At the foot are broken handcuffs, fetters and chains, symbolizing freedom from tyranny.
The Statue of Liberty is a symbol of the United States, a symbol of the friendship between the American nation and the American and French people, and an expression of the lofty ideals of the American people for democracy and freedom. Freedom is the symbol of America.
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Design inspiration of the Statue of Liberty
According to the National Park Service, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the designer of the Statue of Liberty and a famous French sculptor, had a strong passion for creating large monuments and giant sculptures when he visited Egypt from 1855 to 1856.
1869, the Egyptian government publicly solicited plans to build the Suez Canal lighthouse. Bartholdi designed a huge statue of an Egyptian woman, wearing a robe and holding a torch, entitled "Egypt (or progress) brings light to Asia". Barry Moreno, a researcher, was quoted on the Smithsonian Institution website as saying that when bartholdi designed this statue lighthouse, it was based on "a veiled peasant woman".
Edward Behrensen, another expert who studies the Statue of Liberty, said that bartholdi drew a series of sketches, and the statue gradually changed from an "Arab peasant woman" to a "goddess", with a height of 26 meters and a base close to 15 meters. However, the Egyptian side was not interested in his plan and eventually built a 55-meter lighthouse in Port Said. However, bartholdi was not discouraged by this.
1870, he began to design the Statue of Liberty on the basis of this scheme and concept, which means "freedom brings enlightenment to the world". 1886, as a gift from the French government to the 0/00th anniversary of American independence/kloc-0, the Statue of Liberty was completed in Liberty Island, New York.
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People's Network-The Statue of Liberty was inspired by Arab peasant women.