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The Problem of Art Without Men
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIn 1917, the Metropolitan Museum of Art received a stunning gift: a portrait by the French Neoclassical master Jacques-Louis David. The 1801 painting,...
How ‘Napoleon’ Coronation Scene Was Inspired By Jacques-Louis David’s 1807 Painting
Variety via Yahoo News· 5 months ago“Napoleon” costume designers divvied up their tasks, with Janty Yates concentrating on French...
‘Napoleon’ Review: Ridley Scott’s Epic Revels in Blood and Nothing Else
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 7 months agoJoaquin Phoenix can't find the tone between childish immaturity and stoic leader The post ‘Napoleon’...
What Republicans and Democrats Can Learn From the Jacobins' Spiraling Crisis
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPhoto: The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David; Alamy It was early 1793, and the situation in...
Two exhibits run through this weekend at The Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach
The Palm Beach Post via Yahoo News· 1 year ago“Contemplating Character: Portrait Drawings & Oil Sketches from Jacques-Louis David to Lucian Freud”...
The battle Napoleon Bonaparte lost to rabbits
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAn 1805 painting of French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. | Jacques-Louis David via Wikimedia Commons After the peace treaty of Tilsit in July 1807 was...
The Slatest for Nov. 27: One Big Advantage Trump Has Over the Rest of the GOP Field
Slate via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIt seems that skipping all of the GOP primary debates—while simultaneously, you know, facing 91...
Guest Column: Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon," bestriding historical narratives
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIt is impossible to reduce the life of Napoleon to a feature film - every iteration is but a futile...
Real Housewives of the French Revolution Tell All
Town & Country via Yahoo News· 3 months agoReal Housewives of the French Revolution Tell AllDe Agostini via Getty Images Above: An 1801 print captioned "The Orange, or, the Modern Judgment of...
Emmanuel Macron is a prancing poseur
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFirst Emmanuel Macron tried to appease Vladimir Putin. Then he turned on the aggression, even threatening to send French troops to Ukraine. Now the...