Why were nation portrait as female figure ?Explain in points

1.	Why were nation portrait as female figure ?Explain in points
Answer» The female figures as an allegory of the nation:\tArtists found a way out to represent a country in the form of a person.\tThen nations were portrayed as female figures.\tThe female figure was chosen to personify the nation did not stand for any particular woman in real life.\tIt gave the abstract idea of the nation a concrete form.\tThus, the female figure became an allegory of the nation.\tDuring the French Revolution artists used the formal allegory to portray idea such as Liberty, Justice and the Republic. \xa0 \xa0

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