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Washington and Napoleon: A Study in Power through Images

Washington and Napoleon: A Study in Power through Images. What do you think is the overall argument and purpose of each pair? What is the relationship between the two images? Find at least 1 specific element from each picture that supports your thesis

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Washington and Napoleon: A Study in Power through Images

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  1. Washington and Napoleon: A Study in Power through Images What do you think is the overall argument and purpose of each pair? What is the relationship between the two images? Find at least 1 specific element from each picture that supports your thesis How does your image of Washington present a “symbol” for the new nation?

  2. Washington and Napoleon A Study in Power through Images As Leader George Washington Charles Willson Peale, 1779-1781 Napoleon in His Study Jacques-Louis David, 1810

  3. George Washington in uniform, as colonel of the First Virginia Regiment Charles Willson Peale(1772) First Images Bonaparte at the Bridge of the Arcole, by Baron Antoine-Jean Gros, (ca. 1801),

  4. As General George Washington Before the Battle of Trenton, John Trumbull, 1792 Napoleon Crossing the Alps Jacques-Louis David,1800

  5. As Lawgiver George Washington (Lansdowne portrait). Gilbert Stuart 1796 Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres 1806

  6. As “Neoclassical” symbol George Washington Horatio Greenough, 1833-36 François Frédéric LemotNapoleon in Triumph, 1808

  7. With Family The Washington Family Edward Savage, 1789-1790 The Coronation of Napoleon Jacques-Louis David, 1807 (Napoleon is placing the Charlemagne Crown on his kneeling wife Josephine)

  8. As Citizen Napoleon in Exile Mercie, 1880 “George Washington” Richmond Capitol Jean-Antoine Houdon 1785/1791

  9. The Apotheosis of Napoleon I Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres 1853 George Washington's Apotheosis John James Barralet 1800 In Death

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