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Brittania Pacificatrix Ancient Symbols in Modern World Identity Deciphering
The legacy of the ancient Greece, in idealized form, became a model for the perfect society in 19th
century. Educational system and the predominating social values of the 19th cent. Europe, would send
a message to the prospective elite that the contemporary European civilization has its origins in the
classical Antiquity. Generations of young Europeans, Serbs scattered all around the European
universities among them, grew up in this belief. In this context, works of art, often by government
order, had been created, representing individual nations by certain characterizing symbols. An example
of such representation of the national characteristics projected in the symbols of Antiquity, as a
reflection of the contemporary politics and prejudices, is the mural Britannia Pacificatrix of Sigismund
Goetze, painted at the British Foreign Office, at the end of the World War I, when the afore-mentioned
ratio of the ancient heritage has still been of influence. Among the figures represented at the mural,
there is a personification of Serbia. Representation of Serbia among winning countries, at the place
where a number of high-ranging diplomats are passing by, is a valuable legacy that requires special
attention. Decoding the symbols at the afore-mentioned mural reveals the British vision of the world
order at the end of the World War I, and the place of Serbia within it.
Key words: Serbia, The Foreign Office, Britannia Pacificatrix, ancient iconography, Sigismund
Goetze.
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Goetze 1921: 6: ... that having won her position in the world, Britannia's influence is for Peace, and that her sons, whom
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