Mention the features of Frederic Sorrieu’s prints of 1848.
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He dreamed of social and demoratic republic society.
He showed men and women of all ages and social classes marching in a long train for republic.
All people marching were in national costume having national flags.
USA and Switzerland were first to reach staute of liberty.
Frederic Sorrieu was a French artist who, in 1848, made a four-print series visualizing his vision of a 'political and social republic' society. These prints have a distinctive feature of people, allegories, and nations
Explanation:
(i) The first print series depicted the people of America and Europe - women and men of all social classes and age-groups marching on a long train, offering homage to the Liberty Statue as the pass it
(ii) The next print series was the allegory of Liberty in woman's figure holding the enlightenment torch in one hand and the Charter on Man's rights on the other hand
(iii) The third print series was shattered remains of the absolutist institutions' symbols
(iv) The 4th print series refers to the utopian version where people of the world are marching towards the development path - a vision of world peace & prosperity