Pantheon Sculpture: La Convention Nationale Explained

The La Convention Nationale group installs the Republic as a central actor. Allegorical figures, soldiers, and citizens form a pedagogical tableau that ritualizes national ideals.

🧭 Composition and Sightlines

• Raised platform ensures visibility across aisles.
• Central allegory binds flanking figures; gesture and gaze direct understanding.
• Backdrop and lighting curate emotional focus.

🪧 Message and Memory

• Courage and unity foregrounded.
• Citizen-soldier as moral figure.
• Text panels ground allegory in history.

Sculpture becomes civic theater—a stage for shared values.