The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire
A conversation about how history propagates itself quite consciously as we emulate the past.\xa0 We talk to Susan Jaques, author of The Caesar of Paris about Napoleon\u2019s idea to turn Paris into \u201cthe new Rome\u201d\u2015 Europe\u2019s cultural capital\u2015 through architectural and artistic commissions around the city.\xa0 Napoleon had a tradition of appropriating from past military greats to legitimize his regime, but it was ancient Rome and the Caesars that obsessed him the most.\nGuest: Susan Jaques is a journalist specializing in art. She is the author of A Love for the Beautiful: Discovering America\u2019s Hidden Art Museums and The Empress of Art: Catherine the Great and the Transformation of Russia.\nThe post The Caesar of Paris: Napoleon Bonaparte, Rome, and the Artistic Obsession that Shaped an Empire appeared first on KPFA.