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'''''Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia''''', also known as '''''Progress Carrying the Light to Asia''''', was a plan for a colossal [[neoclassical sculpture]]. Designed in the late 1860s by [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi]], a French sculptor, the project was to be a statue of a robed female figure bearing a torch at the entryway of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[Port Said]], [[Egypt]].<ref name="Khan2010">{{cite book|last=Khan|first=Yasmin Sabina |title=Enlightening the World: The Creation of the Statue of Liberty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0W2mNOrpJUC|year=2010|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=0-8014-4851-4|pages=53–54}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arabamericanhistory.org/archives/the-statue-of-liberty-story-from-egypt-to-new-york/|title=The Statue of Liberty Story, From Egypt to New York {{!}} The Arab American Historical Foundation Home|website=www.arabamericanhistory.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-22}}</ref> The proposed statue was declined by the [[Khedive]], citing the expensive cost,<ref>{{cite book|first=Zachary|last=Karabell|title=Parting the desert: the creation of the Suez Canal|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|date=2003|p=243|isbn=0-375-40883-5}}</ref> and in 1869 the [[Port Said Lighthouse]], designed by [[François Coignet]], was built in the same location. |
'''''Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia''''', also known as '''''Progress Carrying the Light to Asia''''', was a plan for a colossal [[Neoclassicism#Sculpture|neoclassical sculpture]]. Designed in the late 1860s by [[Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi]], a French sculptor, the project was to be a statue of a robed female figure bearing a torch at the entryway of the [[Suez Canal]] in [[Port Said]], [[Egypt]].<ref name="Khan2010">{{cite book|last=Khan|first=Yasmin Sabina |title=Enlightening the World: The Creation of the Statue of Liberty|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0W2mNOrpJUC|year=2010|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=0-8014-4851-4|pages=53–54}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arabamericanhistory.org/archives/the-statue-of-liberty-story-from-egypt-to-new-york/|title=The Statue of Liberty Story, From Egypt to New York {{!}} The Arab American Historical Foundation Home|website=www.arabamericanhistory.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-22}}</ref> The proposed statue was declined by the [[Khedive]], citing the expensive cost,<ref>{{cite book|first=Zachary|last=Karabell|title=Parting the desert: the creation of the Suez Canal|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|date=2003|p=243|isbn=0-375-40883-5}}</ref> and in 1869 the [[Port Said Lighthouse]], designed by [[François Coignet]], was built in the same location. |
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In the 1880s Bartholdi designed and built his colossal ''Liberty Enlightening the World'', a robed female figure bearing a torch, which became known as the [[Statue of Liberty]]. He placed it in [[New York Harbor]] in the [[United States]]. |
In the 1880s Bartholdi designed and built his colossal ''Liberty Enlightening the World'', a robed female figure bearing a torch, which became known as the [[Statue of Liberty]]. He placed it in [[New York Harbor]] in the [[United States]]. |
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Revision as of 05:45, 31 July 2019
Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia, also known as Progress Carrying the Light to Asia, was a plan for a colossal neoclassical sculpture. Designed in the late 1860s by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, the project was to be a statue of a robed female figure bearing a torch at the entryway of the Suez Canal in Port Said, Egypt.[1][2] The proposed statue was declined by the Khedive, citing the expensive cost,[3] and in 1869 the Port Said Lighthouse, designed by François Coignet, was built in the same location.
In the 1880s Bartholdi designed and built his colossal Liberty Enlightening the World, a robed female figure bearing a torch, which became known as the Statue of Liberty. He placed it in New York Harbor in the United States.
References
- ^ Khan, Yasmin Sabina (2010). Enlightening the World: The Creation of the Statue of Liberty. Cornell University Press. pp. 53–54. ISBN 0-8014-4851-4.
- ^ "The Statue of Liberty Story, From Egypt to New York | The Arab American Historical Foundation Home". www.arabamericanhistory.org. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
- ^ Karabell, Zachary (2003). Parting the desert: the creation of the Suez Canal. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 243. ISBN 0-375-40883-5.
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