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自由女神像StatusofLiberty
TheStatueofLiberty(French:StatuedelaLiberté),or,moreformally,LibertyEnlighteningtheWorld(French:Lalibertééclairantlemonde),waspresentedtotheUnitedStatesbythepeopleofFrancein1886.StandingonLibertyIslandinNewYorkHarbor,itwelcomesvisitors,immigrants,andreturningAmericanstravelingbyship.Thecopper-cladstatue,dedicatedonOctober28,1886,commemoratesthecentennialofthesigningoftheUnitedStatesDeclarationofIndependenceandwasgiventotheUnitedStatestorepresentthefriendshipestablishedduringtheAmericanRevolution.FrédéricAugusteBartholdisculptedthestatueandobtainedaU.S.patentforitsstructure.MauriceKoechlin-chiefengineerofGustaveEiffel'sengineeringcompanyanddesigneroftheEiffelTower-engineeredtheinternalstructure.EugèneViollet-le-Ducwasresponsibleforthechoiceofcopperinthestatue'sconstructionandadoptionoftherepoussétechnique,whereamalleablemetalishammeredonthereverseside.
Thestatueisofarobedwomanholdingatorch,andismadeofasheetingofpurecopper,hungonaframeworkofsteel(originallypuddlediron)withtheexceptionoftheflameofthetorch,whichiscoatedingoldleaf(originallymadeofcopperandlateralteredtoholdglasspanes.)Itstandsatoparectangularstoneworkpedestalwithafoundationintheshapeofanirregulareleven-pointedstar.Thestatueis151ft(46m)tall,butwiththepedestalandfoundation,itis305ft(93m)tall.
Worldwide,theStatueofLibertyisoneofthemostrecognizableiconsoftheUnitedStates[10]andwas,from1886untilthejetage,oftenoneofthefirstglimpsesoftheUnitedStatesformillionsofimmigrantsafteroceanvoyagesfromEurope.Visually,theStatueofLibertyappearstodrawinspirationfromilSancarloneortheColossusofRhodes.
ThestatueisthecentralpartofStatueofLibertyNationalMonument,administeredbytheNationalParkService.
Thegeneralappearanceofthestatue’sheadapproximatestheRomanSun-godApolloortheGreekSun-godHeliosaspreservedonanancientmarbletablet(todayintheArchaeologicalMuseumofCorinth,Corinth,Greece)-Apollowasrepresentedasasolardeity,dressedinasimilarrobeandhavingonitsheada"radiatecrown"withthesevenspikedraysoftheHelios-Apollo'ssunrays,liketheStatue'snimbusorhalo.TheancientColossusofRhodes,oneoftheSevenWondersoftheAncientWorld,wasastatueofHelioswitharadiatecrown.TheColossusisreferredtointhe1883sonnetTheNewColossusbyEmmaLazarus.Lazarus'spoemwaslaterengravedonabronzeplaqueandmountedinsidetheStatueofLibertyin1903.
Thestatue,alsoknownaffectionatelyas"LadyLiberty",hasbecomeasymboloffreedomanddemocracy.Shewelcomedarrivingimmigrants,whocouldseethestatueastheyarrivedintheUnitedStates.ThereisaversionofthestatueinFrancegivenbytheUnitedStatesinreturn.
Theclassicalappearance(Romanstola,sandals,facialexpression)derivesfromLibertas,ancientRome'sgoddessoffreedomfromslavery,oppression,andtyranny.Herraisedrightfootisonthemove.ThissymbolofLibertyandFreedomisnotstandingstilloratattentionintheharbor,itismovingforward,asherleftfoottramplesbrokenshacklesatherfeet,insymbolismoftheUnitedState