{"id":291,"date":"2018-02-03T00:13:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-03T05:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/framemuseums.org\/?p=291"},"modified":"2022-12-13T14:59:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T19:59:11","slug":"napoleon-power-and-splendor-will-open-at-richmond-museum-of-fine-arts-in-june-and-the-nelson-atkins-museum-of-art-in-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/framemuseums.org\/fr\/napoleon-power-and-splendor-will-open-at-richmond-museum-of-fine-arts-in-june-and-the-nelson-atkins-museum-of-art-in-october\/","title":{"rendered":"Napoleon: Power and Splendor will open at Richmond Museum of Fine Arts in June and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in October"},"content":{"rendered":"
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, February 3 – May 10, 2018<\/h5>\n
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 9 – September 3, 2018<\/h5>\n
The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, October 26, 2018 – March 3, 2019<\/h5>\n
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Fran\u00e7ois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, Portrait of Napoleon, Emperor of the French, in Ceremonial Robes, 1805. Castle of Fontainebleau-Museum Napoleon I. Photo \u00a9 RMN-Grand Palais \/ Art Resource, NY \/ G\u00e9rard Blot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Step inside the private world of Napoleon Bonaparte (1769\u20131821) for an intimate encounter with the propaganda machine that modernized and legitimized his reign as self-titled Emperor in the wake of the French Revolution. Corsican by birth and French by design, Napoleon was a man of continual reinvention\u2014a minor nobleman and military general whose political ambition inspired his every move. Discover the exquisite works of art that crafted Napoleon\u2019s image and the Imperial Household that supported his audacious rise to power.\u00a0More than 200 works of art\u2014many of which have never before been exhibited in the United States\u2014reveal the intricacies of the Emperor\u2019s daily life and the range of works commissioned by and for him. This exhibition of international loans includes major masterpieces of painting, an array of sumptuous decorative arts, sculptures, engravings, and more\u2014brought together from the\u00a0Ch\u00e2teau de Fontainebleau<\/a>,\u00a0the Louvre<\/a>, the\u00a0Mus\u00e9e de l\u2019Arm\u00e9e<\/a>\u00a0in Paris, and other world-class collections. Projection technology further enhances the spectacle by creating an experience that is innovative, immersive, and visceral.<\/p>\n

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Bust-Length Portrait of Napoleon in Ceremonial Robes, ca. 1805\u201314, Workshop of Baron Fran\u00e7ois\u2010Pascal\u2010Simon G\u00e9rard, oil on canvas. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Ben Weider Collection. Photo MMFA, Christine Guest<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Napoleon: Power and Splendor<\/em>\u00a0is organized, produced, and circulated by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts with the participation of Ch\u00e2teau de Fontainebleau and the exceptional support of Mobilier national de France. The exhibition program at VMFA is supported by the Julia Louise Reynolds Fund.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is curated by Sylvain Cordier, Curator of Early Decorative Arts, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, February 3 – May 10, 2018 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 9 – September 3, 2018 The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, October 26, 2018 – March 3, 2019<\/p>","protected":false},"author":691,"featured_media":2764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-exhibitions","tag-imgtop80"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t