Title: L'éléphant de Napoléon
Description: Tracing Napoleon's contributions to France, this books focuses on many of Napoleon's projects. Primarily, the epicenter of the text is Napoleon's contributions to city planning and the designing of the capital city, Paris. The grand and monumental fountain of the elephant, scheduled for the Place de a Bastile, serves as a reminder of Napoleon's power, oriental fantasies, and romanticism.
Subjects: Politics and culture, Power (Social sciences) in art, Art and state, Art patronage, Sculpture, Public art, History, Public sculpture, Elephants in art, Orientalism in art, Designs and plans
Places: Paris, France
People: Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821)
Time periods: 19th century