Tag Archives: serangeli

art collector by hook and crook

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Dave

Whatever you can say about Napoleon, the reputation and glory of the Louvre was substantially enhanced by his theft of art from conquered lands, booty ransacked and pillaged at gunpoint. As Bonaparte advanced through Italy, the museum’s collection of both … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged battle of waterloo, gioacchino serangeli, Jacques-Louis David, Louvre Museum History, Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon I, Napoleon Italian Campaign, napoleon theme park, napoleon victory at marengo, nicolas sarkozy, percier and fontaine architects, Sarkozy, serangeli, yves jego napoleon theme park | Leave a comment

salvation: a raft of comedy

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Dave

Like the Quebec conference, like Yalta, like Versailles, the victors have all enjoyed the ritual of carving up the world as they saw fit… A raft bearing two handsomely decorated pavilions was moored in the middle of the Niemen river, … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged adolphe Roehn, alexander I russia, Alexandre Menjaud, Catherine the Great, gioacchino serangeli, James Gillray, joseph danhauser, napoleon at tilsit, prime minister addington, queen louise of prussia, serangeli, treaty of tilsit | Leave a comment

the ceiling is leaking

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Dave

There used to be an old joke in Europe that America had Bob Hope, Percy Faith and Johnny Cash, and Country X had no faith, no hope and no cash. Well things have changed a bit… This sorry media-hyped drama … Continue reading →