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ID: 901001118
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001118
Record Type: Allegory/Symbolism/Theme

Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité (French theme)

Note: Motto meaning "liberty, equality, fraternity," the national motto of France, with origins in the French Revolution. Originally it was one motto among others, but institutionalized during the Third Republic at the end of the 19th century.

Names:
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité (French theme) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité (French theme) (French-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Miscellaneous Topics (P)
....<Miscellaneous Themes and Narratives> (P)
........Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité (French theme) (I)
Related Iconography:
associated with .... Liberty
..........(Miscellaneous Topics, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Liberty (allegorical character)) [901001074]
associated with .... Fraternity
..........(Miscellaneous Topics, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Fraternity (allegorical character)) [901000295]
associated with .... Equality
..........(Miscellaneous Topics, Miscellaneous Allegory, Symbolism, Theme, Miscellaneous allegorical or symbolic characters, Equality (allegorical character)) [901000240]
associated with .... French Revolution
..........(Named Events, European history, French history, French Revolution (French history, 1787-1799)) [901000102]

Other Relationships:
associated with .... France
.....(Europe) (TGN)
topic is .... equality (philosophical concept)
.....(philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
topic is .... fraternity (sociological concept)
.....(sociological concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
topic is .... liberty (political concept)
.....(political concepts, social science concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
role/characteristic is .... theme
.....(historical, theoretical, and critical concepts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité (French theme)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Getty Research Institute Special Collections Finding Aids (2005-)

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