Paris the 'new Rome' of Napoleon I Diana Rowell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowell, Diana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--France--Paris.

City planning.

Rome (Italy).

Rome--Civilization.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Place of Publication:

London Bloomsbury 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Napoleon I employed a myriad of media through which to promote his propaganda and his universal hegemony. Classical Rome - home to the great Caesars - was central to his ambitious visions for the transformation of Paris into an imperial metropolis of unprecedented magnitude. Exploring the interrelationship between antiquity, the display of power and the reinvention of Paris, this volume evaluates how the Roman world and post-antique exploitations of Rome influenced Napoleonic Paris, and how Napoleon promoted his authority by appropriating Rome's triumphal architecture and its associated symbolism to relocate 'Rome' in his own times. The volume shows how consideration of Louis XIV's legacy is crucial to understanding the evolution of Napoleon's fascination with imperial Rome. It also charts Napoleon's manipulation of the populist rhetoric of Republican France (and Rome) as he moved from being a general fighting for the Revolutionary cause to become the 'absolute' ruler of a new empire."--Bloomsbury Publishing

Napoleon I employed a myriad of media through which to promote his propaganda and his universal hegemony. Classical Rome - home to the great Caesars - was central to his ambitious visions for the transformation of Paris into an imperial metropolis of unprecedented magnitude. Exploring the interrelationship between antiquity, the display of power and the reinvention of Paris, this volume evaluates how the Roman world and post-antique exploitations of Rome influenced Napoleonic Paris, and how Napoleon promoted his authority by appropriating Rome's triumphal architecture and its associated symbolism to relocate 'Rome' in his own times. The volume shows how consideration of Louis XIV's legacy is crucial to understanding the evolution of Napoleon's fascination with imperial Rome. It also charts Napoleon's manipulation of the populist rhetoric of Republican France (and Rome) as he moved from being a general fighting for the Revolutionary cause to become the 'absolute' ruler of a new empire

Contents:

Introduction

1. Paris: A 'New Rome'

2. The Monument and the Monumental Axis

3. The Impact and Implications of the Sun-King's 'New Rome(s)'

4. The Roman Triumph and the Language of Power

Conclusions

Appendices

Glossary

Select Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

9781472593085

1472593081

9781283736008

1283736004

9781441126030

1441126031

OCLC:

818116963