Before you begin, make sure you’ve read the two texts for this week (“
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (Links to an external site.)
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/rightsof….
and Bolivar’s “The Jamaica Letter (SEE ATTACHED FILE)
THEN. examined the two images assigned that include depictions of the text of the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen”
1, Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier: https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-declaration-of-the-rights-of-man-and-of-the-citizen#
2, All Mortals are Equal ( SEE ATTACHED FILE FOR THIS IMAGE)
ANSWER:
Both mages for this week were produced in France and both contain depictions of the text of the French “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.” Compare the way both images represent the text of the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen.” Some questions you might want to consider: Where in the image does the text of the Declaration appear? What is the text written on? Who is holding it? What does the image suggest is the relationship between the content of the “Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen” and actual “citizens and men” in France and elsewhere? Using the explanations of the images and the other primary sources for this week, you might want to consider the relationship between the declaration and Enlightenment ideas of reason and race.