Can someone tell me about how the statue of liberty's original face looked like an african-american face and why sculpture artists were ordered to change it?
2006-12-06 07:15:47 · 6 answers · asked by ????????? 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The, scultptor Bartholdi based it on the stern look of his mother and he used his wife to model it. No one asked him to change it. maybe it looked African American because it use to be copper until it rusted and then they cleaned it.
2006-12-06 07:21:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The statue was built by the French for America. The face has never been changed it. The statue is in the Roman/Greek style of presentation. The face is "Classical" like a goddess statue you would find in an ancient temple in one of those countries. It was built to acknowledge the immigration policies of the US, which, historically, have been "open door", allowing everyone in.http://www.statueofliberty.org/Statue_History.html
Why would you think it was an Afro-American?
It is an urban myth, so I'll look it up and link from that site:
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/liberty.htm
2006-12-06 07:39:04 · answer #2 · answered by Susan M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO!! the original statue of liberty was a present from France to commemorate the friendship of the countries it was given on the hundred anniversary of independence
2016-05-23 01:29:32 · answer #3 · answered by Elizabeth 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have been misinformed by someone with an Afro-centrist agenda. You hear much that is distorted, that comes from sloppy scholarship.
2006-12-06 08:50:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the sculptor based the face on his own mother. he was never asked to change it.
2006-12-06 07:17:28 · answer #5 · answered by Kutekymmee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First I've heard this. Gosh, we hear something new everyday.
2006-12-06 08:12:23 · answer #6 · answered by Ichiban 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋