Napoleón y el espejo de la Antigüedad
Subtitle: arqueología de las imágenes del poder
By: Víctor Mínguez, Inmaculada Rodríguez Moya
Contributors: Rodríguez Moya, Inmaculada, 1975- author
Series: Quaderns "Ars longa" -- 5; Cuadernos Ars longa -- 5.
Publisher: Universitat de València, Departament d'Història de l'Art
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Valencia
Language: spa
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9788437094656
Subjects: European Art; Influence; Art patronage; Art and society; History; Art and state; Romanticism
Description: "During Napoleon's astounding accession to power, the artists in his entourage developed a visual narrative inspired by Roman iconography to reinforce the image of an undefeated military hero favoured by Fortune ... Emperor Bonaparte titled his new-born son King of Rome, recalling the legendary figure of Romulus and the greatness of the Rex Romanorum, which preceded the Germanic emperorship. During this period Antiquity became a splendid mirror that magnified Napoleon's heroic deeds. The visual rhetoric of power in Napoleon's court reached its peak with the Europe Romanticism, when new artists and writers depicted Napoleon as the ultimate tragic hero comparable only to Alexander the Great or Caesar"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prólogo: grande y bello como lo antiguo; title: El águila y a la apoteosis; title: Imperator ecuestre; title: Sol invictus; title: El ritual de la dextrarum iunctio; title: De la diadema a la corona; title: La curación taumatúrgica; title: Desnudos divinizados; title: Melancolía imperial; title: El rostro de la muerte; title: Epílogo: bajo la máscara de César y de Alejandro.