important of female allegory
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The first female national allegories date back to Antiquity, and were either images of the self (Roma) or of the other (Hispania, Gallia, Germania, etc.). Other effigies emerged between the sixteenth and the late eighteenth century, such as the personification of the French Republic, Marianne. However, it was the “long” nineteenth century (1789-1914) that proved the golden age for these multivalent figures (monuments, busts, coins, stamps, caricatures), which multiplied during this period. Recognizable by their attributes, they were closely linked, for better or for worse, to the political history of symbolically represented countries. Their current presence (considerable in France and almost non-existent in Germany) varies depending on the European country.
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Marianne and Germania were respective female allegories for the French and the German nation. They stood as personifications of ideals like 'liberty' and 'the republic'. Statues of Marianne were erected in public squares to remind the public of the national symbol of unity to persuade them to identify with it. Marianne images were marked on coins and stamps. The importance of the way in which they were portrayed lay in the fact that the public could identify with their symbolic meaning, and this would instil a sense of national unity in them. Germania wears a crown of oak leaves as the German oak stands for heroism.