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Napoleón y el espejo de la Antigüedad : arqueología de las imágenes del poder

Title
Napoleón y el espejo de la Antigüedad : arqueología de las imágenes del poder / Víctor Mínguez, Inmaculada Rodríguez Moya.
Author
Mínguez, Víctor
Publication
Valencia : Universitat de València, Departament d'Història de l'Art, 2014.
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Rodríguez Moya, Inmaculada, 1975-
Description
489 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 24 cm.
Summary
"During Napoleon's astounding accession to power, the artists in his entourage developed a visual narrative inspired by Roman iconography to reinforce the image of an undefeated military hero favoured by Fortune ... Emperor Bonaparte titled his new-born son King of Rome, recalling the legendary figure of Romulus and the greatness of the Rex Romanorum, which preceded the Germanic emperorship. During this period Antiquity became a splendid mirror that magnified Napoleon's heroic deeds. The visual rhetoric of power in Napoleon's court reached its peak with the Europe Romanticism, when new artists and writers depicted Napoleon as the ultimate tragic hero comparable only to Alexander the Great or Caesar"--
Series Statement
Quaderns "Ars longa" ; 5
Uniform Title
Cuadernos Ars longa ; 5.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Presentación -- Prólogo: grande y bello como lo antiguo -- El águila y a la apoteosis -- Imperator ecuestre -- Sol invictus -- El ritual de la dextrarum iunctio -- De la diadema a la corona -- La curación taumatúrgica -- Desnudos divinizados -- Melancolía imperial -- El rostro de la muerte -- Epílogo: bajo la máscara de César y de Alejandro.
Call Number
ReCAP 15-6888
ISBN
  • 9788437094656
  • 8437094658
OCLC
890705449
Author
Mínguez, Víctor, author.
Title
Napoleón y el espejo de la Antigüedad : arqueología de las imágenes del poder / Víctor Mínguez, Inmaculada Rodríguez Moya.
Publisher
Valencia : Universitat de València, Departament d'Història de l'Art, 2014.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Quaderns "Ars longa" ; 5
Cuadernos Ars longa ; 5.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Rodríguez Moya, Inmaculada, 1975- author.
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ReCAP 15-6888
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