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Describe the picture in your own words. What are the images that the artist has used to communicate the following ideas: greed, equality, justice, takeover by the state of the assets of the church?

Describe the picture in your own words. What are the images that the artist has used to communicate the following ideas: greed, equality, justice, takeover by the state of the assets of the church? NCERT Class 9 History CBSE Solutions.
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Description of the Picture
The picture shows state officials confiscating church property during the French Revolution. A clergyman, identifiable by his red robe and clerical attire, appears unhappy. The state officials are aggressively seizing the property of church which is shown by the chest getting filled with treasures seized from the clergymen.

Images and Ideas

  • Greed — The fat, overweight clergyman symbolize greed.
  • Equality — The equally slim size of the two men on the right leaving the place symbolise equality.
  • Justice — The idea of justice is conveyed by showing that everyone is subjected to the same mechanical device (of law), which serves to reduce their excess wealth or property size.
  • State Takeover — The state officials in the picture and the chest getting filled with church treasures symbolize the takeover by the state of the assets of the church.