Symbols of Power: Napoleon and the Art of the Empire Style, 1800-1815This is a remarkable book, which accompanies a traveling exhibition organized by the Musee des Art Decoratifs in Paris, and is comprehensive compendium of the Empire Style in all its glory. Lavishly illustrated with superb photographs, many taken expressly for this book, it will be a landmark in the library of the history of the decorative arts and an essential reference for lovers of wonderful objects everywhere." |
Contents
Lenders to the Exhibition | 7 |
ORDER AND DESIRE Marie José Mondzain | 16 |
DISCOURSE ON ORNAMENT UNDER THE EMPIRE Odile NouvelKammerer | 26 |
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Alexandre Brongniart ALEXANDRE-THÉODORE BRONGNIART Ancien Régime ancient antique Apollo Arts Décoratifs background base bees BIBLIOGRAPHY Brongniart butterfly Charles Percier Château de Fontainebleau cm Inscriptions cm Musée National collection colors crown Cupid Curator decorative arts Denon Diam Dominique-Vivant Denon drawing eagle emblem Emperor Empire Empress engraved Eugène Exhib factory figures flowers Fontainebleau française France frieze front furniture garland gilded bronze gold Grand Trianon Hard-paste porcelain iconography images imperial Impériale Josephine leaves Légion d'Honneur Les Arts Décoratifs Mahogany MANUFACTURE DE SÈVRES Manufacture Nationale medallion Mobilier National motif Musée des Arts Musée du Louvre Musée Napoléon Musées Nationaux Museum Napoleon National du Château Nationale de Sèvres Odiot ornaments painted Palace Palais palm palmettes Paris Paris inv Percier and Fontaine piece plates Psyche Réunion des Musées Roman Rome rosettes Salon Samoyault saucer side style swan symbols theme Tuileries vase Versailles victory wings