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平等的象徵 Allegory of Equality
珍妮勒,摹蒙迪 Janinet, after Moitte
腐蝕凹版畫 Aquatint
加那瓦雷博物館 Mus�e Carnavalet
以三角形(或水平儀)來象徵平等是最常見的標誌,但很多時候也會像此作品般,將平等描繪成穿上古代服飾的女性。畫中描繪了象徵慷慨的多乳之神阿爾忒彌斯,並以王座作點綴,這正是法國大革命的形象。儘管議會未能成功爭取真正平等,但至少建立了公民意識,讓後世引以為鑒。
The most common iconography of Equality is the triangle (or level) but it is also often represented as a woman dressed like antiquity as in this work. The character with multiple breasts who is decorated with the throne is a reminder of Artemis but above all it symbolises generosity. And this is the true image of the French Revolution which a true equality was not achieved but at least civil awareness was established and to be followed as a definitive principle. ■資料:香港歷史博物館
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