Napoleon: In the Name of Art
The documentary tells how Bonaparte's passion - sometimes Bonaparte's obsession - for art and knowledge, has changed the face of modern culture: from the birth of schools, libraries and public museums (including Brera and the Louvre) to foundation of Egyptology thanks to the Egyptian campaign, from the extraordinary archaeological discoveries to the looting of works of art, up to the paintings and sculptures dedicated to him. We will enter the mind of Napoleon and his literary predilections, his psychology, his immoderate passion for self-affirmation, which so much inspired men of power, intellectuals, dictators over the following centuries.
Directed by Giovanni Piscaglia · Written by Matteo Moneta
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Cast
Jeremy Irons Make it a double feature
3h 10m together
Napoleon: In the Name of Art
Van Gogh: Of Wheat Fields and Clouded Skies
Both from Giovanni Piscaglia.
