| Description |
xv, 313 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Contributors -- Sponsor's message -- Premier's message -- Foreword -- Introduction / Ted Gott and Karine Huguenaud -- Napoleon : towards a political portrait / Thierry Lentz -- Empress Josephine and the natural sciences / Bernard Chevallier -- The Musée Napoléon / Gerard Vaughan -- Propaganda and the role of artists from Revolution to Empire / Sophie Matthiesson -- Early French explorers and Australia -- The ancien régime -- The French Revolution and Reign of Terror, 1789-94 -- The Directory, 1795-99 -- Napoleon and Egypt, 1798-99 -- Josephine Bonaparte and Malmaison -- The Consulate, 1799-1804 -- The Battle of Marengo, 1800 -- Napoleon and Australia : the Baudin expedition -- Napoleon as Emperor : the coronation, 1804 -- Australia at Malmaison -- Napoleon and the Musée Napoléon -- The Imperial family -- Luxury -- The Empire, 1804-15 -- The art of war -- Empress Marie-Louise -- Napoleon's exile on St Helena, 1815-21 -- List of works not illustrated |
| Summary |
This panoramic volume tells the story of French art, culture and life from the 1770s to the 1820s: the first French voyages of discovery to Australia, the stormy period of social change with the outbreak of the French Revolution, and the rise to power of the young Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Josephine. Exhibition catalogue |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
"The exhibition ... was curated by Ted Gott and Karine Huguenaud." |
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Published for the exhibition held at NGV International, June 2 - Oct. 7, 2012 |
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Ted Gott, Karine Huguenaud, Thierry Lentz, Bernard Chevalier, Gerard Vaughan, Sophie Matthiesson |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-309) |
| Audience |
General |
| Subject |
Napoleon, 1, 1769-1821 -- Exhibitions
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Napoleon, 1, 1769-1821 -- Art patronage -- Exhibitions
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Napoleon, Emperor of the French I, 1769-1821 -- Exhibitions
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Napoleon, Emperor of the French I, 1769-1821
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Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph, Herzog von Reichstadt, 1811-1832 -- Exhibitions.
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Napoleon, Emperor of the French I, 1769-1821 -- Exhibitions
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Napoleon, Emperor of the French I, 1769-1821
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Art, French -- Exhibitions.
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Art, French -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs.
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| Author |
Gott, Ted, 1960-
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National Gallery of Victoria.
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| LC no. |
2013455562 |
| ISBN |
0724103554 (paperback) |
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0724103562 (hbk) |
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9780724103553 (paperback) |
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9780724103560 (hbk) |
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