ARTH 339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Lithography, Narni, Carte De Visite
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Puppet ruler placed in mexico (maximilien, austrian aristocrat, related to. Napoleon(cid:495)s wife(cid:524) by napoleon ))) who wanted to expand power, executed in mexico city on jun 19, physical recording /confirmation took some time to arrive in europe cuz of shipping. Manet, e. execution of maximilien, july-sept 1867, 2nd version. Public initially sympathetic with maximilien against mexicans, but changed very quickly over the summer because of other newspaper accounts. Plays his image off of past art, turned to high art images he studied directly innocent people killed, workers in madrid; famous painting on spanish resistance of. Napoleon(cid:495)s invaders, opposite of manet(cid:495)s: local mexicans killing invader. Public opinion shifted to renouncing napoleon iii putting maximilien on that position and leaving him there. The execution of the emperor maximilien, 3rd version. Uniforms are now different from the 2nd version! Executioners in uniforms of the modern french military, maximilien wearing a sombrero. Goya, f. executions of the third of may 1808, 1814.
