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A national personification is an anthropomorphic personification of a state or the people(s) it inhabits. It may appear in political cartoons and propaganda . In the first personifications in the Western World , warrior deities or figures symbolizing wisdom were used (for example the goddess Athena in ancient Greece), to indicate the strength ...
A number of national personifications stick to the old formulas, with a female in classical dress, carrying attributes suggesting power, wealth, or other virtues. [ 59 ] Libertas , the Roman goddess of liberty , had been important under the Roman Republic , and was somewhat uncomfortably co-opted by the Roman Empire ; [ 60 ] it was not seen as ...
National personifications in comic books (4 C, 11 P) I. Personifications of Ireland (12 P) M. Marianne (personification) (5 P) U. Uncle Sam (26 P) Pages in category ...
Le Corbeiller, Clare, "Miss America and Her Sisters: Personifications of the Four Parts of the World", The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, vol. 19, pp. 210–223, PDF; Markey, Lia, Imagining the Americas in Medici Florence, 2016, Penn State Press, ISBN 0271078227, 9780271078229. Personification of the Americas at Google Books.
Paul Stahr's personified Columbia in an American flag gown and Phrygian cap, from a World War I patriotic poster (c. 1917). Columbia (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b i ə /; kə-LUM-bee-ə), also known as Lady Columbia or Miss Columbia, is a female national personification of the United States.
Personifications of country subdivisions (14 P) N. National personifications (6 C, 106 P) R. Personifications of rivers (3 C, 31 P)
The Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial in Palmerston depicting Zealandia pointing heavenward, was unveiled in 1903. [1]Zealandia is a national personification of New Zealand.In her stereotypical form, Zealandia appears as an evidently Western European woman who is similar in dress and appearance to Britannia.
The concept of liberty has frequently been represented by personifications, often loosely shown as a female classical goddess. [1] Examples include Marianne, the national personification of the French Republic and its values of Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité, and the female Liberty portrayed in artworks, on United States coins beginning in 1793, and many other depictions.