Marianne and Germania
In Olden times the best way to present an idea was through symbolic personifications this was the most common and appealing way to invite peoples attention. From 1789, females appeared in paintings as symbol of liberty and revolution. During the French Revolution many symbolic personifications of Liberty in reason appeared Marianna was the female figure invented by artists in the 19th Century to represent the French Nation her characteristics was drawn from those of liberty and the Republic the red cap , the tricolour, the Cockade. Statues of Marianne were erected in public places to remind the public of the national symbol of unity and to persuade them to identify with it.Marianne images for marked on coins and stamps.
Similarly,Germania became the symbol of the German Nation. This work was done by the artist Philip Viet. He depicted Germania as a female figure standing against a background with beans of Sunlight shown through the tri colour fabric of the national flag.Germania was wearing a Crown of oak leaves as the German of stands for heroism.
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