FINE ART: from the 19th century to Modern Art, Eastern European art, Ballets Russes , Icons ...

In “Plunder: Napoleon’s Theft of Veronese’s Feast,” Cynthia Saltzman, the author of two previous books about art, exposes the rich contradictions of the 1796 Italian campaign through the ...

Napoleon’s armies had been followed everywhere by savants and antiquarians, scholars we might even call curators, with instructions to sel ect works of art from every subject state.

As his armies conquered most of Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte demonstrated an insatiable desire to steal art. These were not smash-and-grab operations.

Frye Art Museum mixes it up with exhibits displaying Napoleonic art, contemporary video and works from its permanent collection. "Napoleon on the Nile" and the rest are reviewed by art ...

WASHINGTON — Two centuries ago, an artist painted a shark attacking a sailor, a picture that became a landmark in American realism. To help interest kids in art, the National Gallery of Art ...

The Brooklyn Museum has hung Jacques-Louis David’s “Bonaparte Crossing the Alps” alongside an adaptation by Kehinde Wiley. It’s a face-off between two visions of the political power of art.

When Napoleon became emperor of France in 1804, he was a sovereign without a court. ... “Napoleon: Art and Court Life in the Imperial Palace” focuses on the emperor’s solution, ...

MONTREAL – Welcome to the Imperial Palace! The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) presents “Napoleon – Art and Court Life in the Imperial Palace,” through May 6, in the Michal and Renata Hornstein ...