Napoleonic Objects and their Afterlives
Bloomsbury Visual Arts (Verlag)
978-1-350-41507-2 (ISBN)
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Representing new avenues of research and scholarship, Napoleonic Objects and their Afterlives investigates the material objects and cultural forms that Napoleon inspired through a range of themes. These include art collecting, the circulation and display of objects, political and imperial symbolism, and the flexibility and ambiguity of Napoleon’s enduring legacy. The essays examine how and why, despite his contentious role in contemporary memory, Napoleon continues to escape much historical and popular censure. They explore the ways people have connected with the idea of him: on stage and screen; in museums and galleries; and most intimately of all, by gathering items said to have belonged to him, right down to his toothbrush and locks of his hair.
Napoleonic items can be official or personal, serious or comical, luxury or disposable, yet little work has been done to bring together these diverse cultural histories into conversation with one another. With its broad, multi-disciplinary approach, including perspectives from art history, film studies, cultural history, and museum curation, the book provides a deep critical insight into the cult of personality surrounding Napoleon and its effect on our understanding of celebrity culture today and in the future.
Includes an additional foreword by Napoleon’s biographer, Ruth Scurr, author of In Gardens and Shadows (2021).
Matilda Greig is a Historian at the National Army Museum in London, specialising in the cultural history of warfare in the 19th century. Nicole Cochrane is an art historian and curator. She is currently Assistant Curator in Historic British Art (1790-1850) at Tate Britain, UK.
List of Plates
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword, Ruth Scurr (University of Cambridge, UK)
Introduction, Matilda Greig (National Army Museum, UK) and Nicole Cochrane (Tate Britain, UK)
Part One: Collections
1. The Mysteries of Napoleon’s Toothbrush, Harriet Wheelock (Royal College of Physicians of Ireland)
2. Making Napoleonic Memory in Australia: the Dame Mabel Brookes collection, Emma Gleadhill (Independent scholar, Australia) and Ekaterina Heath (Independent scholar, Australia)
Part Two: Relics
3. ‘The management wisely refrains from guaranteeing the absolute authenticity of all the exhibits’: Napoleon, Wellington, and the 1890 London Waterloo Panorama, Luke Reynolds (University of Connecticut, USA)
4. Dominique-Vivant Denon’s Reliquary and the Cult of Napoleonic Relics, David O’Brien (University of Illinois, USA)
Part Three: Images
5. The Emperor’s No Clothes: Canova, Citation, and Commemoration in Napoleon as Mars Peacemaker, Melissa L. Gustin (National Museums Liverpool, UK)
6. Icon? Napoleon in art since 1900, Nicole Cochrane (Tate Britain, UK)
Part Four: Embodiment
7. I, Napoleon: Blurred Boundaries in Napoleonic Performance, Laura O’Brien (Northumbria University, UK)
8. The Emperor’s New Clothes: Napoleon’s Enduring Impact on Contemporary Media as an Iconic Historical Brand, Aidan Moir (University of Windsor, Canada)
Afterword: A one-trick pony? Napoleon’s horse at the National Army Museum, Matilda Greig (National Army Museum, UK)
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.2.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 23 colour and 11 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-41507-3 / 1350415073 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-41507-2 / 9781350415072 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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