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art collector by hook and crook
Whatever you can say about Napoleon, the reputation and glory of the Louvre was substantially enhanced by his theft of art from conquered lands, booty ransacked and pillaged at gunpoint. As Bonaparte advanced through Italy, the museum’s collection of both … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged battle of waterloo, gioacchino serangeli, Jacques-Louis David, Louvre Museum History, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon I, Napoleon Italian Campaign, napoleon theme park, napoleon victory at marengo, nicolas sarkozy, percier and fontaine architects, Sarkozy, serangeli, yves jego napoleon theme park
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salvation: a raft of comedy
Like the Quebec conference, like Yalta, like Versailles, the victors have all enjoyed the ritual of carving up the world as they saw fit… A raft bearing two handsomely decorated pavilions was moored in the middle of the Niemen river, … Continue reading
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Tagged adolphe Roehn, alexander I russia, Alexandre Menjaud, Catherine the Great, gioacchino serangeli, James Gillray, joseph danhauser, napoleon at tilsit, prime minister addington, queen louise of prussia, serangeli, treaty of tilsit
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