NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
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As a female figure with a torch of enlightenment in one hand and the Charter of Rights of Man in the other hand.
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Blindfolded woman carrying a pair of weighing scales.
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The gold, red and black tricolour.
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Rays of the rising sun.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did the new artists depict liberty during the French Revolution? (1) Answer: The new artists depicted liberty as a female figure with a torch of enlightenment in one hand and the Charter of Rights of Man in the other hand.
Detailed explanation-2: -Artists of the time of the French Revolution personified Liberty as a female figure.
Detailed explanation-3: -During French revolution, the artists used female figure to personify liberty. Marianne is used as a national symbol of France. The reason why male figures were not used to personify liberty was because the male figures represented and personified something more concrete like the social classes of men.
Detailed explanation-4: -What does the torch represent? The torch is a symbol of enlightenment. The Statue of Liberty’s torch lights the way to freedom showing us the path to Liberty. Even the Statue’s official name represents her most important symbol “Liberty Enlightening the World".
Detailed explanation-5: -Liberty Leading the People, oil painting (1830) by French artist Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution in Paris that removed Charles X, the restored Bourbon king, from the throne.