Empress Eug?e and the Arts
Title | Empress Eug?e and the Arts PDF eBook |
Author | Alison McQueen |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 731 |
Release | 2017-07-05 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1351568329 |
Reconstructing Empress Eug?e's position as a private collector and a public patron of a broad range of media, this study is the first to examine Eug?e (1826-1920), whose patronage of the arts has been overlooked even by her many biographers. The empress's patronage and collecting is considered within the context of her political roles in the development of France's institutions and international relations. Empress Eug?e and the Arts: Politics and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth Century also examines representations of the empress, and the artistic transformation of a Hispanic woman into a leading figure in French politics. Based on extensive research at architectural sites and in archives, museums, and libraries throughout Europe, and in Britain and the United States, this book offers in-depth analysis of many works that have never before received scholarly attention - including reconstruction and analysis of Eug?e's apartment at the Tuileries. From her self-definition as empress through her collections, to her later days in exile in England, art was integral to Eug?e's social and political position.
Empress Eug?e and the Arts
Title | Empress Eug?e and the Arts PDF eBook |
Author | Alison McQueen |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 381 |
Release | 2017-07-05 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1351568337 |
Reconstructing Empress Eug?e's position as a private collector and a public patron of a broad range of media, this study is the first to examine Eug?e (1826-1920), whose patronage of the arts has been overlooked even by her many biographers. The empress's patronage and collecting is considered within the context of her political roles in the development of France's institutions and international relations. Empress Eug?e and the Arts: Politics and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth Century also examines representations of the empress, and the artistic transformation of a Hispanic woman into a leading figure in French politics. Based on extensive research at architectural sites and in archives, museums, and libraries throughout Europe, and in Britain and the United States, this book offers in-depth analysis of many works that have never before received scholarly attention - including reconstruction and analysis of Eug?e's apartment at the Tuileries. From her self-definition as empress through her collections, to her later days in exile in England, art was integral to Eug?e's social and political position.
The Empress Eugénie in England
Title | The Empress Eugénie in England PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Geraghty |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022-07 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781916237827 |
An exploration of the little-known assemblage of art and architecture that Empress Eugénie created in Farnborough in the 1880s. This absorbing book tells the story of Empress Eugénie (1826-1920), the wife of Napoleon III and the last empress-consort of France. The Empress bought the Farnborough Hill estate in 1880, following a decade of personal tragedy: the collapse of the Second Empire (1852-70), the death of Napoleon III, and the loss of her only child. The death of the Prince Imperial in 1879, aged twenty-three, ended all hope of a Bonapartist restoration. With the imperial succession removed to another branch of the family, Eugénie resolved to create a permanent monument to her husband and son. In this book, Anthony Geraghty analyzes the principal buildings on the imperial estate and provides the first detailed account of the lost interiors of Farnborough Hill. He traces the origins of the collection back to the Second French Empire, and--drawing upon historic photos, inventories, and sale catalogs--he shows how the collection was displayed in the principal rooms of the house. Finally, the book describes the breakup of the estate in 1927, when the house was sold to a convent school and the collection was dispersed at auction. Today, only the Mausoleum functions as Eugénie originally envisaged. Geraghty, however, recovers the totality of Eugenie's vision for Farnborough. In so doing, he describes how the Napoleonic ideal, for one final time, was made visible through art, architecture, and collecting.
Empress Eug?e and the Arts
Title | Empress Eug?e and the Arts PDF eBook |
Author | Alison McQueen |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Electronic books |
ISBN | 9781315094519 |
"Reconstructing Empress Eug?e's position as a private collector and a public patron of a broad range of media, this study is the first to examine Eug?e (1826-1920), whose patronage of the arts has been overlooked even by her many biographers. The empress's patronage and collecting is considered within the context of her political roles in the development of France's institutions and international relations. Empress Eug?e and the Arts: Politics and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth Century also examines representations of the empress, and the artistic transformation of a Hispanic woman into a leading figure in French politics. Based on extensive research at architectural sites and in archives, museums, and libraries throughout Europe, and in Britain and the United States, this book offers in-depth analysis of many works that have never before received scholarly attention - including reconstruction and analysis of Eug?e's apartment at the Tuileries. From her self-definition as empress through her collections, to her later days in exile in England, art was integral to Eug?e's social and political position."--Provided by publisher.
Eugénie
Title | Eugénie PDF eBook |
Author | Desmond Seward |
Publisher | History PressLtd |
Pages | 306 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780750929806 |
Eugenie de Montijo was Empress of the French, sharing the Second Empire with her husband Napoleon III. She impressed the Prussian Chancellor Bismarck so much that he called her The only man in Paris.
The Life of the Empress Eugenie
Title | The Life of the Empress Eugenie PDF eBook |
Author | Jane T. Stoddart |
Publisher | London, Hodder and Stoughton |
Pages | 348 |
Release | 1906 |
Genre | Empresses |
ISBN |
Recollections of the Empress Eugénie
Title | Recollections of the Empress Eugénie PDF eBook |
Author | Augustin Filon |
Publisher | New York, Funk & Wagnalls Company |
Pages | 404 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | |
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