The origin of the Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is a gift from the French government to the American government to celebrate the100th anniversary of American independence. One day after Louis Napoléon Bonaparte staged a coup in 185 1, a group of staunch fighters and guerrillas built fortifications in the street. At dusk, a young girl jumped over the obstacle with a burning torch and shouted "Forward" to the enemy. Bonaparte's gun rang and the girl fell.

Bartholdi, the creator of the Statue of Liberty, could not be calm for a long time after hearing this fact. Since then, the brave girl holding the torch has become a symbol of freedom in his heart. 1870 In the Franco-Prussian War, Butler participated as an army major. In the war, Charles Louis Napolé on Bonaparte was captured and deposed, Butler's hometown Alsace was ceded to Prussia, and the Third Republic of France was founded.

After the war, Butler planned to go to America. He and Laavola Ye thought it was the right time to discuss the construction of the Statue of Liberty with some influential Americans. 1871June, Butler Di crossed the Atlantic with a letter of introduction from Laavola Ye and came to the United States. Bartholdi met a girl named Jenny at a wedding, which made Jenny beautiful and dignified.

Bartholdi thinks it is appropriate for her to be the model of the Statue of Liberty to light up the world, and Jenny readily agrees. Later, Jenny became bartholdi's wife. In the related introduction materials of the Statue of Liberty, we can also see the description that "the right hand of the goddess holding the torch is based on the arm of the sculptor's wife".

Extended data:

The Statue of Liberty in the United States is based on the Statue of Liberty in Luxembourg Park in Paris, France. Bartholdi, a famous French sculptor, spent 65,438+00 years painstakingly completing the sculpture work. The design of the statue comes from the sculptor's mother, and the right hand holding the torch is based on the sculptor's wife's arm. The Statue of Liberty is dressed in ancient Greek-style clothes, wearing a crown of seven peaks symbolizing the seven continents and four oceans of the world.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Statue of Liberty