visagrunt wrote:
Are you referring to the Goddess of Democracy, the temporary statue in Tiananmen Square in 1989? Because World Heritage Site #307 is the Statue of Liberty, which is a different thing altogether.
For the record, a World Heritage Site is whatever UNESCO decides is a World Heritage Site. Not a perfect system, but readily determinable.
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While many people have noted its resemblance to the Statue of Liberty, a sculptor present during its construction, Tsao Tsing-yuan, has written that the students decided not to model their statue on the Statue of Liberty because they were concerned that it would be unoriginal and "too openly pro-American." Tsao further notes the influence on the statue of the work of Russian sculptor Vera Mukhina, associated with the school of revolutionary realism. Her piece Worker and Kolkhoz Woman was especially influential for their statue's head and facial features.
When the time came to transport the pieces of the statue to the Square, the State Security Bureau, hearing of the students' intention, declared that any truck drivers assisting them would lose their licenses.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goddess_of_Democracy
12 Aug 2010, 1:19 pm
