"these refugees in terms of the statue. The resulting sonnet, ""The New Colossus"", including the iconic lines ""Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free"", is uniquely identified with the Statue of Liberty and is inscribed on a plaque in the museum in its base. Even with these efforts, fundraising lagged. Grover Cleveland, the governor of New York, vetoed a bill to provide $50,000 for the statue project in 1884. An attempt the next year to have Congress provide $100,000, sufficient to complete the project, also failed. The New York committee, with only $3,000 in the"
"Emma Lazarus Emma Lazarus (July 22, 1849 – November 19, 1887) was an American author of poetry, prose, and translations, as well as an activist. She wrote the sonnet ""The New Colossus"" in 1883, which includes ""lines of world-wide welcome"". Its lines appear inscribed on a bronze plaque on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, installed in 1903, a decade and a half after Lazarus's death. The last stanza of the sonnet was set to music by Irving Berlin as the song ""Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor"" for the 1949 musical ""Miss Liberty"", which was based on the"
"the poem to music, which was performed at the worship service of President Obama's 2013 inauguration ceremony. Parts of the poem also appear in popular culture. The Broadway musical ""Miss Liberty"", with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, an immigrant himself, used the final stanza beginning ""Give me your tired, your poor"" as the basis for a song. It was also read in the 1941 film ""Hold Back the Dawn"" as well as being recited by the heroine in Alfred Hitchcock's wartime film ""Saboteur"". Harpist and singer Joanna Newsom indirectly references the poem in her 2015 song ""Sapokanikan,"" in contrast"
"Miss Liberty Miss Liberty is a 1949 Broadway musical with a book by Robert E. Sherwood and music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. It is based on the sculpting of the Statue of Liberty (""Liberty Enlightening the World"") in 1886. The score includes the song ""Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor"", a musical setting of Emma Lazarus's sonnet ""The New Colossus"" (1883), which was placed at the base of the monument in 1903. In 1885, ""New York Herald"" publisher James Gordon Bennett assigns novice reporter Horace Miller to find the woman who served as Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's model for the"
"HENCE-FORTH SHALL BE FREE<br> (On plaque, on back:)<br> LET US HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE<br> THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE<br> BY THE PEOPLE <br> AND FOR THE PEOPLE<br> SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THIS EARTH<br> (On plaque, on right:)<br> WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE<br> WITH CHARITY TOWARD ALL<br> WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT<br> AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE RIGHT,<br> LET US FINISH THE WORK WE ARE IN<br> Abraham Lincoln (Rogers) Abraham Lincoln is a bronze statue by Randolph Rogers. It is located in Fairmount Park, Kelly Drive at Sedgely Drive, Philadelphia. In 1866, $22,000 was raised for a statue, and Randolph"
"The New Colossus ""The New Colossus"" is a sonnet that American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) wrote in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level. This poem was written as a donation to an auction of art and literary works conducted by the ""Art Loan Fund Exhibition in Aid of the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund for the Statue of Liberty"" to raise money for the pedestal's construction. Lazarus's contribution was solicited by fundraiser William Maxwell Evarts. Initially"
"decided in favor of the motion at the end. A slight majority of the audience opposed the motion, 54% before and 52% after. The debate motion was a play on the most famous lines (""Give me your tired ..."") of Emma Lazarus' poem ""The New Colossus"" which is on a plaque at the Statue of Liberty. At New America Foundation in 2011–12, Jacoby ""will focus on issues of immigration and social cohesion"" while retaining her positions at ImmigrationWorks. Tamar Jacoby Tamar Jacoby (born 1954) is known primarily for her writing on immigration-related issues. She is also president and CEO of"
"defeated gladiator, rather than a Galatian warrior. Hence it was known as the 'Dying' or 'Wounded Gladiator', 'Roman Gladiator', and 'Murmillo Dying'. It has also been called the 'Dying Trumpeter', because one of the scattered objects lying beside the figure is a horn. The artistic quality and expressive pathos of the statue aroused great admiration among the educated classes in the 17th and 18th centuries and was a ""must-see"" sight on the Grand Tour of Europe undertaken by young men of the day. Byron was one such visitor, commemorating the statue in his poem ""Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"": It was widely"
"of events scheduled by the culture and tourism ministry of Greece to celebrate the 2,500th anniversary of the Battle of Marathon. During the unveiling of the statue the Greek minister stressed: “Today we are not unveiling the monument of just another heroic general but a monument to a democratic process that changed the course of history."" He also reminded the audience of the words that Miltiades said to Callimachus just before the polemarch cast his vote: “Everything now rests on you.” The statue is on display in the Archaic Monuments’ section of the Acropolis Museum. In the Museum in front"
"Lazarus's friend Georgina Schuyler began an effort to memorialize Lazarus and her poem, which succeeded in 1903 when a plaque bearing the text of the poem was put on the inner wall of the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. On the plaque hanging inside the Statue of Liberty, the line ""Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!"" is missing a comma, and reads in Lazarus's manuscript ""Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!"" since its unveiling in 1903. The plaque also describes itself as an engraving; it is actually a casting. The original manuscript is held by the American Jewish Historical"
"Abraham Lincoln (Rogers) Abraham Lincoln is a bronze statue by Randolph Rogers. It is located in Fairmount Park, Kelly Drive at Sedgely Drive, Philadelphia. In 1866, $22,000 was raised for a statue, and Randolph Rogers was commissioned. The work was dedicated on September 22, 1871. In 2001, the monument was relocated from a traffic island to the east side of Kelly Drive. The inscription on the pedestal reads:<br> (On plaque, front:)<br> TO<br> ABRAHAM LINCOLN<br> FROM A GRATEFUL PEOPLE<br> (On plaque, left side:)<br> I DO ORDER AND DECLARE<br> THAT ALL PERSONS HELD<br> AS SLAVES WITHIN THE STATES<br> IN REBELLION ARE AND"
"on a pedestal in the background is Apollo, leader of the Muses. Giorgio Castelfranco, an art collector and critic, described the painting in 1948: The artist Carlo Belli discussed the merits of the painting in a letter to the collector Feroldi in 1939: This painting would later become an inspiration for Sylvia Plath's poem ""The Disquieting Muses"". and for the second poem in Mark Strand's ""Two de Chiricos"" from his Pulitzer Prize collection, ""Blizzard of One."" A copy of this painting, at the moment, is located at the Italian Trade Commission (ITC) office, 33 East 67th Street, New York City."
"to the forbidding colossus of Percy Bysshe Shelley's ""Ozymandias"". The poem is read aloud in the eponymous episode,""New Colossus"", in the 2016 Netflix web series ""The OA"". The poem was also recited in part in """" and referenced by the title of . The New Colossus ""The New Colossus"" is a sonnet that American poet Emma Lazarus (1849–1887) wrote in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. In 1903, the poem was cast onto a bronze plaque and mounted inside the pedestal's lower level. This poem was written as a donation to"
"Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; ) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. The Statue of Liberty is a figure of Libertas, a robed Roman liberty goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand"
"That same year he unveiled a traditional Beaux Arts sculpture for Brooklyn's Freedom Square Park – ""Victory with Peace"" – a classical nike (winged goddess), but one who holds aloft an olive branch, instead of a sword. His next commission, ""The Dawn of Glory"", probably is his most famous work. It depicts the soul of a dead soldier wrapped in an American Flag ascending to heaven. The sculpture is a one-and-one-half-lifesize nude, and the bodybuilder Charles Atlas (born Angelo Siciliano) posed for it. It was unveiled in Brooklyn's Highland Park on July 13, 1924. His ""Minute Man"" sculpture for the"
"Latter-Day Pamphlets Latter-Day Pamphlets was a series of ""pamphlets"" published by Thomas Carlyle in 1850, in vehement denunciation of what he believed to be the political, social, and religious imbecilities and injustices of the period. The best known of the essays in the collection is ""Hudson's Statue"", an attack on plans to erect a monument to the bankrupted financier George Hudson, known as the ""railway king"". The essay expresses central theme of the book — the corrosive effects of populist politics and of a culture driven by greed. Carlyle also attacked the prison system, which he believed to be too"
"30,000 publicly accessible statues, monuments, and sculptures installed as outdoor public art across the United States. Indiana Limestone (Doddoli) Indiana Limestone, a public sculpture by Italian-American artist Adolfo Doddoli, is located on the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis campus, which is near downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The sculpture is located on the east corner of the north side of the lecture hall under the overhang. The lecture hall is located at 325 University Boulevard in Indianapolis, Indiana. The sculpture was commissioned for the Indianapolis University-Purdue University Indianapolis's (IUPUI) campus in the mid-1970s. It was installed by the artist. ""Indiana Limestone"" was carved"
"statue was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's Save Outdoor Sculpture! program in 1992. Simón Bolívar (Tadolini) Simon Bolivar, also known as General Bolivar, is a bronze equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar by Adamo Tadolini. There are three casts which are located at the Plaza Bolívar in Lima, the Plaza Bolívar in Caracas and the United Nations Plaza in San Francisco, California. The statue in Lima, which was made in Italy in the 1850s, is the oldest of the three. It was cast in Munich and the replica in Caracas was cast by the same foundry after the sculptor's death. The"
"Three Smiths Statue The Three Smiths Statue is a sculpture by Felix Nylund, situated in Helsinki in Three Smiths Square at the intersection of Aleksanterinkatu and Mannerheimintie. This realistic statue, unveiled in 1932, depicts three naked smiths hammering on an anvil. The top part of the bronze statue's granite base is encircled by the Latin text MONUMENTUM – CURAVIT – LEGATUM – J. TALLBERGIANUM – PRO HELSINGFORS A.D. MCMXXXII (""The statue was erected with the help of a donation from J. Tallberg by Pro Helsingfors in the year 1932""). The statue was donated to the city of Helsinki by the"
"the left field. On the reverse, an eagle with wings outspread perches on a bundle of arrows framed below by two olive branches. In 1785, the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon was commissioned by the Virginia General Assembly to sculpt a bust of Washington, who had led the nascent United States to victory in the American Revolutionary War. Houdon had been recommended by the recently returned United States Minister to France, Benjamin Franklin. The retired general sat for Houdon at Mount Vernon, the Washington family home in Fairfax County, Virginia between October 6 and 12, 1785. The sculptor took a life"
"Bussa Emancipation Statue The Emancipation Statue is a public sculpture symbolising the ""breaking of the chains"" of slavery at Emancipation. It is located in Barbados, east of Bridgetown at centre of the J.T.C. Ramsay roundabout formed at the junction of the ABC Highway and Highway 5. Many Barbadians refer to the statue as Bussa, the name of a slave who helped inspire a revolt against slavery in Barbados in 1816, though the statue is not actually sculpted to be Bussa. The statue, made of bronze, was created in 1985 by Bajan sculptor Karl Broodhagen 169 years after the rebellion. This"
"General Shepherd who presented the memorial to the American people. Inscribed on the memorial are the following words: On June 23, 2016, the Marine Corps announced that former Navy corpsman John Bradley (deceased) who was depicted as the third bronze statue from the bottom of the flagstaff on the monument, was not in the Rosenthal photograph and former Marine Harold Schultz (deceased) was. Franklin Sousley and Schultz are depicted as the third and fifth bronze statues from the bottom of the flagstaff with the 32 foot (9.8 M) bronze statues of Harlon Block, Rene Gagnon, Michael Strank, and Ira Hayes"
"pedestal), Adrian Jones of New York (equestrian statue), Fernando Mirando (an elliptical Greek Revival temple), I. Mullgarde (a park with four columns), Charles Henry Niehaus (pedestal with exedra), Victor Olsa (pedestal with bas relief panels), William Ordway Partridge (equestrian statue), and J. Massey Rhind (a monumental pyramid). All the proposed memorials were exhibited in Washington, D.C., to large crowds. The submission by Carl Rohl-Smith generated the most popular acclaim. The National Sculpture Society (NSS) judging committee consisted of Daniel Chester French, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and John Quincy Adams Ward. The committee narrowed the submissions down to a short list of four:"
"Simón Bolívar (Tadolini) Simon Bolivar, also known as General Bolivar, is a bronze equestrian statue of Simón Bolívar by Adamo Tadolini. There are three casts which are located at the Plaza Bolívar in Lima, the Plaza Bolívar in Caracas and the United Nations Plaza in San Francisco, California. The statue in Lima, which was made in Italy in the 1850s, is the oldest of the three. It was cast in Munich and the replica in Caracas was cast by the same foundry after the sculptor's death. The copy in San Francisco was engineered by Miriam Gandica Mora, cast by Victor"
"Wooden's Legacy Wooden's Legacy is a public artwork by American artist Jeffrey Rouse that is located on the west corner of Georgia and Meridian Streets, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The bronze sculpture, which was unveiled on March 9, 2012, depicts college basketball coach John Wooden in a crouching position in the act of coaching. He is surrounded by five basketball players represented as sets of legs, each in a style that depicts an era from Wooden's career. On and around the base are words and quotes that define Wooden's coaching philosophy, including his ""Pyramid of Success."" The sculpture depicts coach John"
"the earliest volume of Jewish-American poetry. A review of ""Alide"" by ""Lippincott's Monthly Magazine"" was critical of Lazarus' style and elements of technique. Emma Lazarus Emma Lazarus (July 22, 1849 – November 19, 1887) was an American author of poetry, prose, and translations, as well as an activist. She wrote the sonnet ""The New Colossus"" in 1883, which includes ""lines of world-wide welcome"". Its lines appear inscribed on a bronze plaque on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, installed in 1903, a decade and a half after Lazarus's death. The last stanza of the sonnet was set to music"
"are especially felicitous in their portrayal of the Old South. Among them are: Francis Hopkinson Smith Francis Hopkinson Smith (October 23, 1838 – April 7, 1915) was a United States author, artist and engineer. He built the foundation for the Statue of Liberty, wrote many famous stories and received awards for his paintings. Smith was born in Baltimore, Maryland, a descendant of Francis Hopkinson, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. He graduated from the Boys' Latin School of Maryland. Smith became a contractor in New York City and did much work for the federal government, including the"
"itself reflected on Saint-Gauden's sculpture, as the line “pondering, musing in the forest /On the welfare of his people/On the smooth Bark of a birch tree/Painted many shapes and figures” is inscribed on the base of the work, and said exert is directly reflected in the sculpture's pose. Hiawatha (sculpture) Hiawath is a 19th century sculpture executed in marble by American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The work, which depicts the Iroquois leader Hiawatha, is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Augustus Saint-Gaudens sculpted his interpretation of the famed Iroquois leader between 1872 and 1874. He was inspired to"
"Statue of Nelson Mandela, Johannesburg The statue of Nelson Mandela is a large bronze sculpture of the former President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, located in Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg. Prior to the statue's unveiling, the square had been named Sandton Square after the surrounding area of Sandton. The square was officially renamed Nelson Mandela Square on March 31, 2004. Sandton City, the largest retail complex in Africa, lies behind the statue. The location of the statue has been criticized due to Sandton Square's perception as a ""symbol of commercial and social elitism"". The statue was"
"Madiba jive"". Statue of Nelson Mandela, Johannesburg The statue of Nelson Mandela is a large bronze sculpture of the former President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, located in Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg. Prior to the statue's unveiling, the square had been named Sandton Square after the surrounding area of Sandton. The square was officially renamed Nelson Mandela Square on March 31, 2004. Sandton City, the largest retail complex in Africa, lies behind the statue. The location of the statue has been criticized due to Sandton Square's perception as a ""symbol of commercial and social elitism"". The"
"a negro, a plantation slave, freed by war"". This figure was ultimately to assume a position in the center, over the west entrance to the building. Buberl created dozens of Civil War statues and monuments for various cities and states, including several for New York veterans associations to be placed on the Gettysburg Battlefield and a bronze bust of President Abraham Lincoln, which was recently sold for $5,800. His impressive New York State Monument crowns Cemetery Hill, and a number of individual memorials for specific regiments dot the battlefield. He died in New York City. Caspar Buberl Caspar Buberl (1834"
"era (2nd century AD). A bronze statue of Leonidas was erected at Thermopylae in 1955. A sign, under the statue, reads simply: ""ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ"" (""Come and take them""), which was Leonidas' reply when Xerxes offered to spare the lives of the Spartans if they gave up their arms. Another statue, also with the inscription ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ, was erected at Sparta in 1968. ""Leonidas"" was the name of an Epic poem written by Richard Glover, which originally appeared in 1737. It went on to appear in four other editions, being expanded from 9 books to 12. He is a central figure"
"""to free the oppressed"", is the motto of the Green Berets, who inspired the monument. A piece of steel from the original World Trade Center is embedded in the base. It is the first public monument to honor United States special forces. The $750,000 cost of statue was donated by hundreds of private citizens, including some survivors of the September 11 attacks. The statue was temporarily located in the West Street Lobby inside One World Financial Center in New York City opposite Ground Zero. On September 13, 2016, the statue was rededicated once again on an elevated space on the"