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Title: Empress Josephine: Art and Royal Identity
Author: Carol Solomon Kiefer
ISBN: 9780914337287
Publisher: Amherst College
Published: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 115
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: This lavishly illustrated volume explores the ways in which Napoleon's consort, the incomparable Josephine, made use of art and patronage in the fashioning of her royal identity. Josephine (1763-1814) was a prominent public figure, an arbiter of taste, and one of the most popular French consorts, but only in recent years have scholars begun to assign her any significant political and cultural authority. Josephine played a vital role in the emperor's rise to power, and she made significant contributions to his propagandistic exploitation of the visual arts. The Empress Josephine: Art and Royal Identity contributes to the current reassessment of the empress, adding new insights about her patronage, influence, and status in the political and cultural life of her times.
Author: Carol Solomon Kiefer
ISBN: 9780914337287
Publisher: Amherst College
Published: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 115
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: This lavishly illustrated volume explores the ways in which Napoleon's consort, the incomparable Josephine, made use of art and patronage in the fashioning of her royal identity. Josephine (1763-1814) was a prominent public figure, an arbiter of taste, and one of the most popular French consorts, but only in recent years have scholars begun to assign her any significant political and cultural authority. Josephine played a vital role in the emperor's rise to power, and she made significant contributions to his propagandistic exploitation of the visual arts. The Empress Josephine: Art and Royal Identity contributes to the current reassessment of the empress, adding new insights about her patronage, influence, and status in the political and cultural life of her times.
