Napoleon's plunder and the theft of Veronese's feast
Saltzman, Cynthia2021
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This title tells the remarkable story of Bonaparte's obsessive accrual of the spoils of war - his hoarding of art, artefacts, and treasures from across the world, ostensibly taken for the French nation, but also very much for his own personal aggrandisement. For as his conquering army cut a swathe through Europe and North Africa, Napoleon demanded of his defeated enemies their most valuable statues and paintings. And the Emperor wanted nothing but the best, directly targeting the most magnificent works of the High Renaissance - the sculptures of Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo, the paintings of Raphael, Titian, and Veronese. Saltzman interweaves the stories of Napoleon's military campaigns, uncovering the intricate negotiations through which he obtained his loot, with the histories of the plundered works themselves, exploring how these great masterpieces came into being.
Main title:
Napoleon's plunder and the theft of Veronese's feast / Cynthia Saltzman.
Author:
Saltzman, Cynthia, author
Imprint:
London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2021.
Collation:
300 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780500252574 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
759.5708.436708.436 SALT708.4361
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2289873