ABSTRACT
Afewcommentsareinorderconcerningmaterialcoveredthusfar.Oneisthe questionoffemininepatronageandof"feminine"architecture-averyinterestingphenomenonwhichcanbeidentifiedthroughaseparateseriesoffeatures.In addition,somebodymentionedearliertheabsenceofmonumentstoabstractions. Itiscuriousthatnearlyallabstractnotionsarefemininenouns.Icannotthinkof onethatismasculine.Itwouldhavebeenveryembarrassingtothemachoworld oftheeighteenthandnineteenthcenturiestohavetoomanygreat"Liberties," "Charities,"andsoonaspublicmonumentsrepresentingwomen.Thesameis trueofthenamesofmostcountries,especiallyinLatinforms:Britannia,Gallia, andthelike.OnlyrecentlyIlearnedthatthenineteenthcenturyavoidedrepresentationsofwomeninofficialimagesofstates'victories.
