Flare Sci-fi Forums
Flare Sci-Fi Forums Post New Topic  New Poll  Post A Reply
my profile | directory login | search | faq | forum home

  next oldest topic   next newest topic
» Flare Sci-Fi Forums » Community » Officers' Lounge » Is Miss Liberty Black?

   
Author Topic: Is Miss Liberty Black?
Baloo
Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Member # 5

 - posted      Profile for Baloo     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
According to some sources, the Statue of Liberty was modelled after a black woman.

Not according to the Statue of Liberty article at SNOPES.

--Baloo

------------------
"If knowledge is power, then willful misinformation is the work of the Devil."
-- Barbara "the man who sought Liberty's talents" Mikkelson
http://members.tripod.com/~Bob_Baloo/index.htm

[This message has been edited by Baloo (edited December 03, 1999).]


Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged
Jeff Raven
Always Right
Member # 20

 - posted      Profile for Jeff Raven     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
http://www.snopes.com/spoons/fracture/liberty.htm


and here's the fixed link :-)

------------------
"Goverment exists to serve, not to lead. We do not exist by its volition, it exists by ours. Bear that in mind when you insult your neighbors for refusing to bow before it." - Jeffrey Richman, UB student


Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged
TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

 - posted      Profile for TSN     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
This is one of those things that it always surprises me that people don't know. I must have read it somewhere early on, or something, but I've known for quite some time that the Statue of Liberty (the face, anyway), was the designer's mother's. I guess, when I know things like that, I unconsciously assume everyone else does, too, and it throws me off when somebody's never even heard of it before...

------------------
"Gee, do they still make wooden Christmas trees?"
-Linus van Pelt, A Charlie Brown Christmas


Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged
RW
Senior Member
Member # 27

 - posted      Profile for RW     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 

Going by her nose, she's classic Greek. Or Neo-romantic. She can't be southern European though, she's way too tall :]

Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged
Baloo
Curmudgeon-in-Chief
Member # 5

 - posted      Profile for Baloo     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
This could possibly be more urban folklore, but I've always heard that the model for the face was the artist's wife, but the model for the body was the artist's mistress. I always thought that was kind of funny.

"No, really dear, it's you! Don't you recognize the face?"

Can anyone verify that?

--Baloo

------------------
"If knowledge is power, then willful misinformation is the work of the Devil."
-- Barbara "the man who sought Liberty's talents" Mikkelson
http://members.tripod.com/~Bob_Baloo/index.htm

[This message has been edited by Baloo (edited December 04, 1999).]


Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged
TSN
I'm... from Earth.
Member # 31

 - posted      Profile for TSN     Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post   Reply With Quote 
No, the face was his mother. So, if it was also his wife, uhh... Well, I don't think the Statue of Liberty was designed by Cletus the slack-jawed yokel... :-)

BTW, I almost used an acronym instead of typing out "Statue of Liberty", but I realized it already meant something else... :-)

------------------
"Gee, do they still make wooden Christmas trees?"
-Linus van Pelt, A Charlie Brown Christmas


Registered: Mar 1999  |  IP: Logged
   

Quick Reply
Message:

HTML is enabled.
UBB Code™ is enabled.

Instant Graemlins
   


Post New Topic  New Poll  Post A Reply Close Topic   Feature Topic   Move Topic   Delete Topic next oldest topic   next newest topic
 - Printer-friendly view of this topic
Hop To:


© 1999-2024 Charles Capps

Powered by UBB.classic™ 6.7.3