how had the female figures become an allegory of the nation during nineteenth centuary in Europe?
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allegory means when a abstact idea for instance, greed, envy, freedom, liberty is expressed through a person or a thing. an allegorical story has two meanings one literal and symbolic
artist in 18th century and 19th century started representing nation in human form. nation were then portrayed as female
the female form that was chosen to personify the Nation did not stand for any particular women in real life so they sought to an abstract idea of the nation in concert form that is female figure became an allegory of the nation
artist in 18th century and 19th century started representing nation in human form. nation were then portrayed as female
the female form that was chosen to personify the Nation did not stand for any particular women in real life so they sought to an abstract idea of the nation in concert form that is female figure became an allegory of the nation
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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 female allegory to portray idea such as Liberty, Justice and the Republic
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