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The first proposal for the construction of two sculptures to flank the Capitol's main staircase was submitted by Pennsylvania senator James Buchanan in April, 1836. [1] The Discovery of America was commissioned on April 3, 1837, when President Martin Van Buren sanctioned the engineering of Luigi Persico’s design for the sculptural group. [2]
Christopher Columbus Statue (1892) located at South Main & Stockton Streets (St. Philip & St James School) Ridgefield. Bust of Christopher Columbus (1975) located at Englehart Terrace (Edgewater Avenue & Shaler Boulevard) Scotch Plains. Christopher Columbus Monument (1998) located at 430 Park Ave. (Municipal Building) Secaucus
[2] Columbus was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 19, 2001. [2] Though it is a bronze cast copy of the original silver work, the sculpture itself was declared a masterpiece because "[l]ife and vigor are implied in every line and feature, and the general effect is one of great beauty."
Columbus initiated a centuries-old wave of terrorism, murder, genocide, rape, slavery, ecological degradation and capitalist exploitation of labor in the Americas." [64] [65] The monument to Christopher Columbus in New York City's Columbus Circle, whose hands were defaced with red paint on September 12, 2017.
The New York version was placed in the park in 1894 at the foot of the Mall, and is today one of two monuments of Columbus found in the park's environs, the other being the statue surmounting the column at Columbus Circle. The sculpture depicts the explorer standing with outstretched arms, looking towards the heavens in gratitude for his ...
Statue of Christopher Columbus (Central Park) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chelsea, Massachusetts) Drake Fountain; Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chicago) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Chula Vista, California) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbia, South Carolina) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbus City Hall) Columbus Fountain
The Christopher Columbus Monument was the newest of Baltimore's three monuments dedicated to the explorer Christopher Columbus.Located in Columbus Piazza, in front of Scarlett Place condominiums, the sculpture was designed by Mauro Bigarani and was commissioned by donations from the Italian American Organization United of Maryland and the Italian American community of Baltimore. [2]
The artwork was surveyed by the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in 1993. [2] Amid news of the city's other two statues of Christopher Columbus being removed, the legislators in the Capitol Square Review & Advisory Board discussed the Statehouse statue during their July 16 meeting. [4]