There’s a difference between what inspires a statue to come into creation and what a statue represents, and it’s an interesting one when it comes to the Statue of Liberty. The inspiration for the Statue of Liberty is said to have occurred at a specific time and place, and among a particular group of people. But the mainstream meaning of the Statue […]
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There’s somewhere around 200 works of outdoor sculpture in Manhattan. Works in human form come in two basic types: real historical (e.g. George Washington), and allegorical, representing some sort of ideal (e.g. blindfolded justice). I’m not sure where Alice in Wonderland or Peter Pan figure in, but we’ll put them aside for now. Of allegorical figures, the […]