2006-12-28 07:30:47 · 5 answers · asked by macsilverarrows 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Sculpture
The sculptor was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower, engineered the internal structure. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue's construction and adoption of the Repoussé technique.
2006-12-28 07:41:06 · answer #1 · answered by dave a 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Liberty Enlightening the World (French: La liberté éclairant le monde), known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté), is a statue given to the United States by the Paris based Union Franco-Américaine (Franco-American Union) in 1876, standing at Liberty Island, in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. The copper statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship between the two nations. The sculptor was Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, the designer of the Eiffel Tower, engineered the internal structure. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue's construction and adoption of the Repoussé technique.
2006-12-28 15:34:02 · answer #2 · answered by fozz89 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
2006-12-28 15:35:55 · answer #3 · answered by blondie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gustav Eiffel
2006-12-28 15:39:56 · answer #4 · answered by CJ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
louis XVII
2006-12-28 15:33:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋