28. Read the passage below and answer the following questions:
In 1848, Frederic Sorrieu, a French artist, prepared a series of four prints visualizing
His dream of a world made up of democratic and social Republics', as he called them. The first
print of the series, shows the peoples of Europe and America - men and women of all ages and
social classes - marching in a long train, and offering homage to the statue of Liberty as they pass
by it. As you would recall, artists of the tie of the French Revolution personifies Liberty as a female
figure - here you can recognize the torch of Enlightenment she beats in one hand and the Charter
of the Rights of Man in the other. On the earth in the foreground of the image lie the shattered
remains of the symbols of absolutist institutions. In Sorrieu's utopian vision, the peoples of the
world are grouped as distinct nations, identified through their flags and national costume.
(i) What do you mean by an 'absoulitist'?
(ii)What do you mean by a 'utopian vision"?
(iii)Why are people in the painting shown marching in a long train, and offering homage to
the statue of liberty as they pass by it?
(iv)What is your opinion of a French artist Frederic Sorrieu about Utopian Vision?
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The French artist, Fredrick Sorrieu prepared a series of four prints visualising his dream of the world made up of ‘democratic and social republics’.
His First Print showed people of Europe and America – men and women of all ages and social classes – marching in a long train, and offering homage to the Statue of Liberty as they pass by it. Liberty is of course personified as a woman, bearing the torch of Enlightenment in one hand and the charter of the Rights of Man in the other. (The artists of this time of French Revolution portrayed Liberty as a female figure.) On the earth, in the foreground of the image,lay the shattered remains of the symbols of Absolute institutions. Leading the procession, way past the statue of Liberty, are the United States and Switzerland which were at that time already
nation states. In his print of Sorrieu; people of the world are grouped together as distinct nations, identified through their flags and national costume. France, distinguished by its tricolour flag, has just reached the statue, and she is followed by Germany with their black and gold flag. (Germany was not yet united, but in 1848, when this painting was made, it expressed the hopes of the nation.) Peoples of Austria, kingdoms of two Sicilis, Lombardy, Poland,England, Ireland, Hungary and Russia follow in that order. From the heavens, Christ, saints and angels gaze upon the scene. They have been used to symbolise the fraternity among the nations of the world.
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