{"product_id":"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","brand":"Luce Lebart (CA), Sam Stourdze","offers":[{"title":"Firefly Books |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2017-09-19","offer_id":46011344814335,"sku":"9781770859630","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_39f72884-ae0a-4b3c-9607-83626ab50f0f.jpg?v=1723052681","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781770859630","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}