ID: 700009442 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009442	Record Type: Built Work
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Christ the Redeemer (monumental sculpture; created by French sculptor Paul Landowski, with Romanian scu...; 1931)

Note: Monumental statue located on Corcovado Mountain overlooking Rio de Janeiro harbor in Brazil.

Titles:

Christ the Redeemer (preferred,C,U,D,English-P,U,P)

Cristo Redentor (C,U,Portuguese-P,U,P)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

monumental sculpture [300400887] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by form>)

statue [300047600]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by subject type>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

structures

monuments

Creation Date: 1931

Creator Display:

created by French sculptor Paul Landowski, with Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioning the face, and constructed by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot [preferred]

engineer Caquot, André (French engineer, 1923-2004) [500476013]

sculptor Leonida, Gheorghe (Romanian sculptor, 1892 or 1893-1942) [500476014]

sculptor Landowski, Paul (French sculptor, 1875-1961) [500029352]

engineer Silva, Heitor da Costa (Brazilian architect, contemporary) [500229316]

Locations:

Cerro Corcovado [7277507] (Geographic)

Address Note: 22°57′7″S 43°12′38″W

Display Materials: reinforced concrete and soapstone

	soapstone (metamorphic rock) [300011665]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

	reinforced concrete [300010775]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, concrete, <concrete by technique>)

Dimensions: statue; 98 feet tall; with pedestal; 125 feet tall; span of arms: 92 feet; weight: 625 metric tons

Cultures:

Brazilian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Art Deco [300021426] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

religion and mythology (preferred,aboutness)

Specific Subjects:

	Christ the Redeemer [901000480]
	.....((Themes surrounding Jesus Christ, Christian allegory, symbolism, theme, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

	Jesus Christ (founder of Christianity, ca. 6/4 BCE-ca. 30 CE) [500344051]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: monuments and monumental structures

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Christ the Redeemer	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Christ the Redeemer," accessed 30 April 2018
	........ Yadav et al, Earthquake vulnerability of free standing monolithic statues (2010)
	........ Serbin, Church-State Reciprocity in Contemporary Brazil (1996)
Cristo Redentor	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Christ the Redeemer," accessed 30 April 2018

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Christ the Redeemer," accessed 30 April 2018

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Christ the Redeemer," accessed 30 April 2018