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The Empress of Art by Susan Jaques5/30/2023 ![]() 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. ![]() 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 his complex relationship with Rome-both with antiquity and his contemporary conflicts with the Pope and Holy See-have undergone little examination. ![]() Napoleon is one of history’s most fascinating figures. Susan Jaques The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession That Shaped an Empire Author Susan Jaques on her book, The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession That Shaped an Empire, which looks at Napoleon’s obsession with Rome and his efforts to turn Paris into the new cultural capital of Europe in place of Rome.Ī monumental cultural history of Napoleon Bonaparte’s fascination with antiquity and how it shaped Paris’ artistic landscape.
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