Caesar of Paris - Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire Jaques SusanPevná vazba
Caesar of Paris - Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire Jaques SusanPevná vazba Napoleon is one of history's most fascinating figures. His initiatives and his…
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Caesar of Paris - Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire Jaques SusanPevná vazba
Napoleon is one of history's most fascinating figures. His initiatives and his aggressive pursuit of antiquities and classical treasures from Italy gave Paris much of the classical beauty we know and adore today.Napoleon had a tradition of appropriating from past military greats to legitimize his regime--Alexander the Great during his invasion of Egypt, Charlemagne during his coronation as emperor, even Frederick the Great when he occupied Berlin. But his complex relationship with Rome--both with antiquity and his contemporary conflicts with the Pope and Holy See--have undergone little examination.In The Caesar of Paris, Susan Jaques reveals how Napoleon's dueling fascination and rivalry informed his effort to turn Paris into "the new Rome"-- Europe's cultural capital--through architectural and artistic commissions around the city.
But it was ancient Rome and