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A monumental cultural history of Napoleon Bonapart's fascination with antiquity and how it shaped Paris' artistic landscape. 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 Triopmhe, the Venus de Medici in the Louvre, or the gorgeous works of Antonio Canova,

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Author

Jaques, Susan

Publisher

Pegasus Books

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781681779409

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Historical Fiction, History

Rating

4.2 / 5 (23 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14