explain the significance of portraying nations as female figures by the European artists of 18th and 19th century
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artist in 18th and 19th century found of way out by personifying a nation . In other words they represented a country as if it were a person. Nations where then portrayed as female figures .The female form that was chosen to personify the nation did not stand for any particular women in real life; rather it sought to give the abstract idea of the nation a concrete form . That is the female figure became an allegory of the nation. in France she was christened marianne,a popular Christian name ,which underlined the idea of a people's nation . Her characteristics were drawn from those. of liberty and Republic -the red cap, the tricolour, the cockade Statues Of marianne were erected in public squares to remind the public of the National Symbol of Unity And to persuade them to identify with it. marianne images for Marked on coins and stamps Similarly the germania became the allegory of the German Nation in visual representation germania wears a Crown of oak leaves as the German oak stands for heroism ......
Answer- 1) it gives a feeling of nationalism in the mind of people. Because they take freedom from aristocracy but they now wanted to make a feeling of nationality in mind of people of europe.