The Rise of Nationalism in Europe

Vocabulary flashcards covering the artistic and nationalist concepts presented in Frederic Sourreault's 1848 prints as described in the lecture.

Frederic Sourreault

A French artist who in 1848 prepared a series of 4 prints visualizing his dream of a world made up of democratic and social republics.

The Pact between Nations

A print prepared by Frederic Sourreault in 1848 showing the peoples of Europe and America offering homage to the Statue Of Liberty.

Statue Of Liberty

A female figure personified by artists of the French Revolution, bearing the torch of enlightenment in one hand and the charter of the rights of man in the other.

Absolutist institutions

Institutions whose symbols appear as shattered remains in the foreground of Frederic Sourreault's 1848 print.

Souriau utopian vision

A vision where the peoples of the world are grouped as distinct nations, identified through their flags and national costumes.

United States and Switzerland

The two nations leading the procession in Souriau's vision that were already nation states by 1848.

Revolutionary tricolour

The flag that identifies France as it reaches the Statue Of Liberty in the 1848 print.