Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix, refers to the classical conception of the Goddess Liberty.

Goddesses named for and representing the concept Liberty have existed in many cultures, including classical examples dating from the Roman Empire and 18th and 19th Century national symbols such as the French Marianne and the British "Britannia." Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1241x1022, 171 KB) Same image in much smaller size is found at Image:Liberty Leading the People. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1241x1022, 171 KB) Same image in much smaller size is found at Image:Liberty Leading the People. ... Delacroix featured on the 1994 100 francs banknote along with his Liberty Leading the People. ... Eugène Delacroix (portrait by Nadar) Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix (April 26, 1798 – August 13, 1863) was the most important of the French Romantic painters. ... The Roman Empire is the name given to both the imperial domain developed by the city-state of Rome and also the corresponding phase of that civilization, characterized by an autocratic form of government. ... Marianne busts with features of Brigitte Bardot - Catherine Deneuve - Mireille Mathieu Marianne, a national emblem of France, is a personification of Liberty and Reason. ... Britannia on a 2005 £2 coin. ...

Classical examples

The Roman goddess Libertas was honored during the second Punic War by a temple erected on the Aventine Hill in Rome, Italy by the father of Tiberius Gracchus. A statue in her honor was also raised by Clodius on the site of Marcus Tullius Cicero's house after it had been razed. Statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of the agriculture A goddess is a female deity, in contrast with a male deity known as a god. Many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but more often as part of a larger pantheon that includes both the conventional genders and in some cases... Combatants Roman Republic Carthage Commanders Publius Cornelius Scipio†, Tiberius Sempronius Longus Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, Gaius Flaminius†, Fabius Maximus, Claudius Marcellus†, Lucius Aemilius Paullus†, Gaius Terentius Varro, Marcus Livius Salinator, Gaius Claudius Nero, Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus†, Masinissa, Minucius+, Geminus+, Regulus+ Hannibal Barca, Hasdrubal Barca†, Mago Barca†, Hasdrubal Gisco†, Maharbal... The Aventine Hill is one of the seven hills that ancient Rome was built on. ... The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin Roma) is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. ... Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (Latin: TI·SEMPRONIVS·TI·F·P·N·GRACCVS) (163 BC-132 BC) was a Roman politician of the 2nd century BC. As a plebeian tribune, he caused political turmoil in the Republic by his attempts to legislate agrarian reforms. ... Clodius is the Roman nomen Claudius altered to a spelling that would have sounded plebeian to Roman ears. ... For other uses see Cicero (disambiguation) Marcus Tullius Cicero (January 3, 106 BC - December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin prose stylist. ...

Neoclassical references

Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island in New York Harbor

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National embodiments of Liberty include Britannia in the United Kingdom, "Liberty Enlightening the World," commonly known as the Statue of Liberty^[1] in the United States of America, and Marianne in France. Britannia on a 2005 £2 coin. ... Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island Liberty Enlightening the World (French: La liberté éclairant le monde), known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté), is a statue given to the United States by the Paris based Union Franco-Americaine (Franco-American Union) in 1876, standing at... Marianne busts with features of Brigitte Bardot - Catherine Deneuve - Mireille Mathieu Marianne, a national emblem of France, is a personification of Liberty and Reason. ...

Depictions

In the United States, "Liberty" is often depicted with the five-pointed American stars, usually on a raised hand. Another hand may hold a sword downward. Depictions familiar to US citizens include the following: Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Look up Sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

• The monumental Statue of Liberty, which in turn has been depicted on a number of postage stamps
• Many denominations of American coinage have depicted Liberty in both bust side-view and full-figure designs
• The flag of the State of New York
• On the dome of the US Capitol as Freedom
• On the dome of the Georgia State Capitol as Miss Freedom
• On the dome of the Texas State Capitol
• On the dome of the Allen County Courthouse in Fort Wayne, Indiana
• On the top of the Freedom Monument in Riga, Latvia

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See also

• Aura the Finnish Maiden
• Britannia
• Deutscher Michel
• Germania
• Goddess of Democracy
• Helvetia
• Columbia
• John Bull
• Johnny Canuck
• Johnny Reb
• Kathleen Ni Houlihan
• Marianne
• Mother Svea
• National personification
• Statue of Liberty
• Uncle Sam

The Maiden of Finland is the personification of Finland, much as Marianne in France, Deutscher Michel in Germany and Uncle Sam for the United States. ... Britannia on a 2005 £2 coin. ... Deutscher Michel is a personification of the German nation, much as Uncle Sam is for Americans and Marianne for the French. ... Germania is a painting by Philipp Veit(1793-1877) created in March 1848. ... Goddess of Democracy The Goddess of Democracy (Chinese: 民主女神; pinyin: mínzhǔ nǚshén), also known as the Goddess of Democracy and Freedom, was a 10-metre (30 ft) high statue created during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. ... Helvetia on a 25 centime Swiss postage stamp, 1881 Helvetia is the Roman name for an ancient region of central Europe occupying a plateau between the Alps and the Jura Mountains. ... World War I recruiting poster John Bull is a national personification of the Kingdom of Great Britain created by Dr. John Arbuthnot in 1712, and popularized first by British print makers and then overseas by illustrators and writers such as American cartoonist Thomas Nast and Irish writer George Bernard Shaw... Johnny Canuck was a Canadian cartoon hero and superhero who was created as a political cartoon in 1869 and then was re-invented in 1942 and 1975. ... Johnny Rebel or Johnny Reb was the slang term for any Confederate soldier, or the Confederate army as a whole, during the American Civil War. ... Scene From Yeats play, Cathleen Ni Houlihan, circa 1912 production Kathleen Ni Houlihan (Irish: Caitlín Ní Uallacháin, literally, Kathleen, daughter of Houlihan) is a mythical symbol and emblem of Irish nationalism sometimes found in literature, art, and various media representing Ireland as a personified woman. ... Marianne busts with features of Brigitte Bardot - Catherine Deneuve - Mireille Mathieu Marianne, a national emblem of France, is a personification of Liberty and Reason. ... Mother Svea. ... Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I. Germania representing Germany, from 1848. ... Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island Liberty Enlightening the World (French: La liberté éclairant le monde), known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté), is a statue given to the United States by the Paris based Union Franco-Americaine (Franco-American Union) in 1876, standing at... J. M. Flaggs 1917 Uncle Sam, based on the original British Lord Kitchener poster of three years earlier, was used to recruit soldiers for both World War I and World War II. Flagg used a modified version of his own face for Uncle Sam, and veteran Walter Botts provided...

External links

• Texas statue
• Bee county courthouse in Texas
• another article on Beeville courthouse
• Texas Memorial Museum

References

1. ^ Also known as "Lady Liberty," or "Goddess of Liberty"