|
|
Article: Napoleon on the Nile.(art exhibition, Dahesh Museum of Art, New York)
- Article from:
- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 Society for the Advancement of Education. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
"NAPOLEON ON THE NILE: Soldiers, Artists, and the Rediscovery of Egypt" brings together more than 80 large, exquisitely detailed engraved plate illustrations from the massive, encyclopedic compendium known as Description de l'Egypte, long considered the foundational work of modern Egyptology, along with vivid 19th-century Orientalist paintings that were influenced by them, and a selection of campaign letters and documents that explore the artistic legacy of Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte's 1798-1801 occupation of Egypt.
The exhibition illuminates how French military ambitions and the quest for scientific knowledge--as well as political control--came to shape the West's ...