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Spirit of the Confederacy, also known as the Confederacy Monument, is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting an angel holding a sword and palm branch by Louis Amateis, installed in Houston's Sam Houston Park, in the U.S. state of Texas. It was erected in 1908 by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
The Spirit of Houston was planned to be a 555-foot statue in Houston, Texas. [1] The project was abandoned after the architect, Doug Michels, died. The planners felt that the city had an image problem in response to Houston not being chosen for the 2012 Olympics.
English: The Spirit of the Confederacy, which is a bronze statue representing an angel with a sword and a palm branch. It was erected in Sam Houston Park by the Robert E. Lee Chapter #186 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in January 1908. Its dedication states “To all heroes of the South who fought for the Principles of States Rights.”
A controversial statue by Pakistani-American sculptor Shahzia Sikander has been beheaded at the University of Houston. ‘Show the violated work’: Artist requests beheaded sculpture remains on ...
Sam Houston Monument, Hermann Park; Spirit of the Confederacy, Sam Houston Park; Statue of Christopher Columbus (1992), Bell Park; Statue of George H. Hermann; Statue of Richard W. Dowling (1905), Hermann Park; Tolerance; Virtuoso, Downtown Houston; World War I Monument; World War II Memorial
Bust of Simón Bolívar (Houston) Spirit of the Confederacy; Statue of Christopher Columbus (Houston) Statue of Confucius (Houston) Statue of George H. Hermann; Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (Houston) Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Houston) Statue of Richard W. Dowling
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden has a bronze sculpture.The Houston Press called the work "curious, since the ankles are crossed as they might be when a person is relaxing, but the tilted angle of the torso is precarious and the muscular arms are very active indeed.
The Spirit of Eternal Repose; Statue of Christopher Columbus (Houston) Statue of Confucius (Houston) Statue of Mahatma Gandhi (Houston) Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Houston) Statue of Richard W. Dowling