This question was asked in (Board Term-II, 2016)
How had the female figures become an allegory of the nation during the nineteenth century in Europe? Analyse.
Answer:
Points to Remember
The female figures become an allegory of the nation during the nineteenth century in Europe as
- A country was presented as a Person.
- Nation portrayed as Female Figures.
- Female Figure became an allegory of nation.
- Liberty attributes red cape or broken chain and Justice attributes blindfolded women with weights.
- Marianne stood for national unity.
- Germania stood for allegory of the German nation.
Use any 3 points and elaborate on them
Answer to be written in the exam
Artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth century started personifying a nation.
- Country was represented as a person. Female figures were used to portray the nation.
- Ideas of Liberty, Justice and Republic were portrayed with the help of Female figures by artists during the French Revolution.
- In France the female figure of Marianne stood for national unity and in German the Germania became the allegory of the German nation .
