Sentinel : The Unlikely Origins of the Statue of Liberty / Francesca Lidia Viano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Viano, Francesca Lidia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste, 1834-1904.

Bartholdi, Frédéric Auguste.

Laboulaye, Édouard, 1811-1883.

Laboulaye, Édouard.

Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.)--History.

Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.).

Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.)--History.

Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (617 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Icon of freedom and multiethnic democracy, memorial to Franco-American friendship—the lofty meanings we accord the Statue of Liberty today obscure its turbulent origins in 19th-century politics and art. Francesca Lidia Viano reveals that vibrant history in the fullest account yet of the people and ideas that brought the lady of the harbor to life.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Prologue

1. Sea-Bound Comet

2. The Winter Party

3. The Fondeur

4. An American Astray

5. The Sin of Color

6. The Road to Hell

7. The Atelier of the Exiles

8. Monsters Out

9. Lighthouses of the World

10. Hidden Devils

11. Queen of the South

12. Fables of Madness

13. Cuckoo Apocalypse

14. The Veiled Valkyrie

15. Hemispheric Conversion

16. Revenge

17. The American Scene

18. Stella

19. Adorable Woman

20. Autopsia

21. The Democratic Watch

22. Open Tomb

23. Children's Torch

24. The Phantom of the Opera

25. Miscendo Utile Dulci

26. Advice to All Nations

27. The Idea

Epilogue: Dot-dot- dot- dash

Notes

Acknowledgments

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9780674916340

0674916344

9780674916333

0674916336

OCLC:

1088915860