How had the female figures become an allegory of the nation during the 19th century
in Europe? Analyse.
Answers
Explanation:
1. Artists, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, often made efforts to represent a country as if it were a person. The female figures were chosen to express an abstract idea of a nation. These female figures, thus, became an allegory of the nation.
2. In France, the female figure was christened Marianne, which was characterized by Liberty and the Republic - the red cap. the tricolor, the cockade. Statues of Marianne stood in public squares to remind the people of the national symbol of unity.
3. In Germany, the female figure - Germania became the allegory of the German nation. In visual representations, Germania wore the crown of oak leaves, as the German oak stood for heroism.
Answer:
Explanation:
The female figures as an allegory of the nation:
→ Artists found a way out to represent a country in the form of a person.
→ Then nations were portrayed as female figures.
→ The female figure was chosen to personify the nation did not stand for any particular woman in real life.
→ It gave the abstract idea of the nation a concrete form.
∴Thus, the female figure became an allegory of the nation.
During the French Revolution artists used the formal allegory to portray idea such as Liberty, Justice and the Republic