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The Young Lincoln
''The Young Lincoln'' is a statue of Abraham Lincoln created by James Lee Hansen in 1941, installed in Los Angeles' Spring Street Courthouse, in the U.S. state of California. The statue exemplifies public art of the New Deal, including its depiction of Lincoln in his youth, a popular topic of the era. It was built as a result of Hansen winning a 1939 Federal Works Agency art contest, and it was the first large sculpture he had ever completed. In creating the statue, Hansen "developed his own interpretation of Lincoln, portraying him as a young man standing barefoot and shirtless - a man of deep sentiment and understanding." In 2019, it gained renewed attention on Twitter, wherein users nicknamed the statue "Hot Lincoln." Description The eight-foot-tall statue is made of Indiana Limestone, Indiana limestone on a black granite pedestal. The sculpture shows "Lincoln as a young man, wearing only a pair of jeans, with the thumb of one hand hooked in the band of the garment and with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
