{"product_id":"lady-liberty-luce-lebart-9781770859630","title":"Lady Liberty","description":"\u003cp\u003e A photographic essay recounting the creation and installation of the Statue of Liberty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The Statue of Liberty is known around the world as a symbol of freedom and democracy. Poet Emma Lazarus' words inscribed on its pedestal -- \"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free\" -- beckon the poor and oppressed everywhere. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Fittingly perhaps, the installation of the Statue of Liberty was no small feat. When its size and scale became a reality, the creators in France and the United States were faced with a number of colossal challenges. The solution would be an unusual and groundbreaking union of art and technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eLady Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the conception, construction, assembly and installation of the statue in rarely seen photographs and informative text. It shows how French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi used photographs and photomontages -- notably, a giant panorama of the city of New York -- to study the site chosen for his statue and to monitor its construction, which was taking place in Paris. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The photographs showing the progress of the statue also became a great communication tool. Financing the colossal gift from France to America took massive fundraising that only innovative advertising could generate. It would give birth to the now-familiar method of exploiting the immediacy of photography to drive commerce. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eLady Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e traces both the expected and the surprising elements of the statue's construction and assembly, and show how the image of the statue oscillated between reality and fiction. They record a vast utopian project that lasted 20 years and was marked by the major political, social, architectural and aesthetic influences of the time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For all Americans, for historians, for photography aficionados, for students young and old, for newcomers welcomed by Lady Liberty, this book takes readers on a journey through the unknown life of one of the world's most powerful icons. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luce Lebart, Sam Stourdze\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1770859632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770859630\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Firefly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.30w x 0.60d","brand":"Luce Lebart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991835541759,"sku":"9781770859630","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cffea2fb-76c4-4c02-acb8-7afdf08f020f.jpg?v=1683312509","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lady-liberty-luce-lebart-9781770859630","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}