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The Statue of Liberty has been described by historian Marvin Trachtenberg as a "synthomorphosis" of forms. The Statue of Liberty's gown is meant to look like a classical Greek toga. This was a popular reference in the art of the time, as all things classical were enjoying a popular revival. Lady Liberty is an allegory; that is to say, she is garbed to represent such Greek ideals as freedom and democracy.

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Ancient Greece originated the practice of democracy, and the Statue of Liberty, as a gift from France to the US, is a celebration of friendshiop between two countries which both pioneered the practice of democracy by overthrowing previous monarchist systems.

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ThE statue of liberty came from the french so it could be just the european culture

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Sculpture has had a long history with the Greeks/Egyptians, which Eiffel probably drew upon

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