HAA 0105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Nationstates, Field Museum Of Natural History, Washing Machine
29 Mar 2018
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Napoleon crossing the alps at the saint-bernard pass, jacques-louis david. Own name freshly carved into the rock: following the footsteps of charlemagne and hannibal. Stoic and sitting straight: thoroughly in control. Resembles equestrian statue of marcus aurelius (ancient rome) Oversaw building campaigns napoleon wanted to put in place. Took back important works of art from places he conquered. Copied arch of titus from the roman empire and made it bigger. Copies the column of trajan (ancient rome) made of marble. Shows his victory over the austrian-hungarian and russian armies. Made out of bronze that was melted down from canons from his defeated enemies. Built in a busy square in paris. Previously had a statue of a previous king. The column was toppled: lenin from russia and hajez al-assad from syria have also been toppled (counter image) Emulation (imitation): need to connect modern political regime to ancient powers (direct) Column in the center (artist focused on it)
