The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire
by Jaques, Susan
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1681778696
- ISBN 13
- 9781681778693
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About This Item
New York and London: Pegasus Books, 2018. xvi, 576 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations (chiefly colour); 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "Napoleon is one of history's most fascinating figures. 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. 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 it was ancient Rome and the Caesars that held the most artistic and political influence and would remain his lodestars. Whether it was the Arc de Triomphe, the Venus de Medici in the Louvre, or the gorgeous works of Antonio Canova, Susan Jaques brings Napoleon to life as never before." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
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- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
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- 124084
- Title
- The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire
- Author
- Jaques, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 1681778696
- ISBN 13
- 9781681778693
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 2018
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Collectible
- Bookseller catalogs
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; European / 6. Neo-Classical & Romantic; European / French; Movements / Neo-Classicism;
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