The Caesar of Paris by Susan Jaques - 9781681778693

Pegasus Books

The Caesar of ParisNapoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire\nAuthor(s): Susan Jaques\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Pegasus Books, United States\nImprint: Pegasus Books\nISBN-13: 9781681778693, 978-1681778693\nSynopsis\nA monumental cultural history of Napoleon Bonapartes fascination with antiquity and how it shaped Paris artistic landscape.\n\nNapoleon is one of historys most fascinating figures. But his complex relationship with Romeboth with antiquity and his contemporary conflicts with the Pope and Holy Seehave undergone little examination.\nIn The Caesar of Paris, Susan Jaques reveals how Napoleons dueling fascination and rivalry informed his effort to turn Paris into the new Rome Europes cultural capitalthrough architectural and artistic commissions around the city. His initiatives and his aggressive pursuit of antiquities and classical treasures from Italy gave Paris much of the classical beauty we know and adore today.\nNapoleon had a traditio.