With the help of the chart given below, identify the attributes of Veit's

CBSE Class 10 CBSE Class 10 Social Science
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With the help of the chart given below, identify the attributes of Veit’s Germania and interpret the symbolic meaning of the painting.
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In an earlier allegorical rendering of 1836, Veit had portrayed the Kaiser’s crown at the place where he has now located the broken chain. Explain the significance of this change.

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The symbolic meaning of the painting is that the German nation has emerged. The female figure of Germania is an allegory of the German nation. All the attributes of the German nation out be seen in the painting as given in the chart. The replacement of the Kaiser’s crown with the broken chain signifies that the German nation is now free from autocratic monarchical rule.

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