Paris: The 'New Rome' of Napoleon I

Paris: The 'New Rome' of Napoleon I
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Publisher : A&C Black
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9781441126030
ISBN-13 : 1441126031
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Book Synopsis Paris: The 'New Rome' of Napoleon I by : Diana Rowell

Download or read book Paris: The 'New Rome' of Napoleon I written by Diana Rowell and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napoleon I employed a myriad of media through which to promote his propaganda and his universal hegemony. Classical Rome - home to the great Caesars - was central to his ambitious visions for the transformation of Paris into an imperial metropolis of unprecedented magnitude. Exploring the interrelationship between antiquity, the display of power and the reinvention of Paris, this volume evaluates how the Roman world and post-antique exploitations of Rome influenced Napoleonic Paris, and how Napoleon promoted his authority by appropriating Rome's triumphal architecture and its associated symbolism to relocate 'Rome' in his own times. The volume shows how consideration of Louis XIV's legacy is crucial to understanding the evolution of Napoleon's fascination with imperial Rome. It also charts Napoleon's manipulation of the populist rhetoric of Republican France (and Rome) as he moved from being a general fighting for the Revolutionary cause to become the 'absolute' ruler of a new empire.


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