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- catalog abstract ""From monumental battle paintings to the public display of archaeological spoils, visual culture promoted modern French imperialism. So argues Todd Porterfield in this provocative look at the forces of art and politics in France's military conquest of the Near East. In challenging the conventional wisdom that France happened into imperial venture, Porterfield explores interactions among artists, generals, journalists, curators, and politicians from the time of Napoleon's conquest of Egypt to the Algerian intervention during the Restoration and July Monarchy. Together they forged an official culture that provided a rationale for imperialism - based on images of France's moral and technological superiority - and an enduring project for Frenchmen of all political persuasions during an era of domestic instability. The allure of empire derived in part from its function as an alternative, surrogate, mask, and displacement of the Revolution."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10875554.
- catalog coverage "France Cultural policy History 19th century.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""From monumental battle paintings to the public display of archaeological spoils, visual culture promoted modern French imperialism. So argues Todd Porterfield in this provocative look at the forces of art and politics in France's military conquest of the Near East. In challenging the conventional wisdom that France happened into imperial venture, Porterfield explores interactions among artists, generals, journalists, curators, and politicians from the time of Napoleon's conquest of Egypt to the Algerian intervention during the Restoration and July Monarchy. Together they forged an official culture that provided a rationale for imperialism - based on images of France's moral and technological superiority - and an enduring project for Frenchmen of all political persuasions during an era of domestic instability. The allure of empire derived in part from its function as an alternative, surrogate, mask, and displacement of the Revolution."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-234) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction -- The obelisk at the Place de la Concorde -- Paintings of the Egyptian campaign -- The Musee d'Egypte -- The women of Algiers -- Afterword.".
- catalog extent "viii, 244 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0691059594 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "France Cultural policy History 19th century.".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog subject "701/.03/094409034 21".
- catalog subject "Art and state France.".
- catalog subject "Exoticism in art France.".
- catalog subject "Exoticism in art.".
- catalog subject "N6847 .P59 1998".
- catalog subject "Nationalism and art France.".
- catalog subject "Romanticism in art France.".
- catalog subject "Romanticism in art.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction -- The obelisk at the Place de la Concorde -- Paintings of the Egyptian campaign -- The Musee d'Egypte -- The women of Algiers -- Afterword.".
- catalog title "The allure of empire : art in the service of French imperialism, 1798-1836 / Todd Porterfield.".
- catalog type "text".