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why nations were portrayed as female figure only​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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.

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Answer 2

The abstract idea of the nation a concrete form. That is, the female figure became an allegory of the nation. Many female allegories were invented by artists in the nineteenth century to represent the nation. ... Similarly, Germania became the allegory of the German nation.

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