Question

"the identity of the nation is most often symbolised In a figure or image"support this statement with the example of bharat mata​

Answer 1

Answer:

Artists represented a country as a person and hence, nations were portrayed as female figures.

➡️The female form that was chosen to personify the nation did not stand for any particular woman in real life that is, female figure became an allegory of the nation

 

==> During French Revolution artists used female allegory to portray ideas of Liberty, Justice and Republic.

➡️These ideals were represented through specific objects or symbols. 

 

==> For example, the attributes of Liberty are the red cap, or broken chain, while Justice is generally a blindfolded woman carrying a pair of weighing scales

 

==> In India, it was believed that nationalism spreads when people begin to believe that they are all part of a nation.

➡️ The identity of a nation is most often symbolised in a figure or image. 

 

==> This helps create an image with which people can identify the nation.

➡️It was in 20th century with the growth of nationalism that the identity of India became to be visually associated with the image of Bharat Mata.

 

==> Devotion to this mother figure came to be seen as evidence of one’s nationalism Bharat Mata is portrayed as an ascetic figure, she is calm, composed, divine and spiritual.