In this episode, it's the art of the 19th century, Neoclassical and Romantic. You know, revolution, Napoleon, poets hugging trees, and painters climbing mountains. Thanks for joining us.

In doing so, he propelled an art movement that would later come to be known as Neoclassicism, painted by the like of Jacques-Louis David and others who would later dominate the period. As the nation’s ...

Art History Ridley Scott Recreated Jacques-Louis David’s ‘Coronation of Napoleon.’ Here Are 3 Things You May Not Know About the Monumental Work ...

The modern story of the Napoleon Talisman, as told in a video on the official Talisman site, begins in 1936, when a Dutch trench digger found it. He brought it with him to the U.S. in fleeing ...

The French architects Charles Percier and Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, the official architects of Napoleon, introduced a neoclassical style informed by an archaeological approach to the ...