Christ the Redeemer Statue

You've no doubt ____________________ sweeping ____________________ of the ____________________ Christ the ____________________ monument ____________________ Rio de ____________________ . Beyond its ____________________ views , the ____________________ has a colorful ____________________ that's worth ____________________ , and a ____________________ that could leave it looking very ____________________ from how it does ____________________ . Following the ____________________ of the ____________________ republic in ____________________ , which separated ____________________ and state , fear began to grow amongst ____________________ that the ____________________ was headed toward a ____________________ . After World ____________________ I , followers felt they ____________________ a ____________________ to counteract what they saw as increasing " ____________________ " throughout the ____________________ . In ____________________ , they selected ____________________ Heitor da ____________________ Costa's design of a ____________________ of ____________________ to be situated on the ____________________ of ____________________ Corcovado overlooking the ____________________ . Da Silva Costa's initial ____________________ was of Christ ____________________ a large ____________________ in one hand and a ____________________ in ____________________ other . The statue , he noted , should ____________________ the rising ____________________ . After surveying ____________________ from various ____________________ throughout the ____________________ and consulting with Brazilian artist ____________________ Oswald , Da Silva ____________________ came up with a ____________________ design : an Art ____________________ , arms - wide - ____________________ Christ . Da Silva Costa ____________________ to ____________________ in search of a world - class ____________________ to turn his ____________________ design into ____________________ . He eventually commissioned ____________________ Landowski , a French - Polish sculptor who further ____________________ the statue's Art Deco ____________________ . Over the next ____________________ years , Landowski ____________________ the 98 - foot ____________________ sculpture in clay pieces , which were then ____________________ to ____________________ and remade with reinforced ____________________ , which was one of the few materials ____________________ enough to ____________________ the ____________________ . But Da Silva Costa and others felt ____________________ was too ____________________ for the fine ____________________ of Christ's ____________________ and eventually chose ____________________ to craft the ____________________ . Wind and ____________________ have worn away at the ____________________ stone tiles , ____________________ numerous ____________________ over the ____________________ . Christ the Redeemer is also a frequent ____________________ of lightning ____________________ . When Da Silva Costa ____________________ to cover the statue with ____________________ tiles , he chose a very ____________________ colored strain from a quarry near the city of Ouro ____________________ . It was the ____________________ stone used by the ____________________ century ____________________ sculptor Aleijadinho , whom Da Silva Costa greatly ____________________ . Unfortunately , the ____________________ has run ____________________ , and restoration ____________________ are having a ____________________ time replicating the ____________________ light ____________________ hue when they have to ____________________ them . A spokesman for Brazil's National Institute of ____________________ and ____________________ Heritage recently told the ____________________ that when the next major ____________________ happens in ____________________ , replacement stones will be ____________________ . " The ____________________ of ____________________ are ____________________ to ____________________ , " he ____________________ .