Amuze Art Lecture #12: The Coronation of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David

Amuze Art Lecture #12 discusses The Coronation of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David. The original version of this enormous painting is on display in the Louvre and an almost identical copy is on display in the Palace of Versailles. The video discusses who the main figures in this work are, and how Napoleon used this painting as propaganda.

The Coronation of Napoleon is also part of the Highlights Tour of the Louvre available in the Amuze app (Android and iOS). If you are interested in more two-minute art lectures, you can check out our YouTube channel or click directly on the link to one of our earlier videos:

• #11: The Large Bathers by Paul Cézanne
• #10: Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Leutze
• #9: The School of Athens by Raphael
• #8: The Artist's Studio by Gustave Courbet
• #7: The Wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese

• #6: Daniel in the Lions' Den by Peter Paul Rubens
• #5 The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David
• #4: Annunciation by Leonardo da Vinci
• #3 Irises by Vincent van Gogh
• #2 Rokeby Venus by Diego Velázquez
• #1 Portrait of a Girl Dressed in Blue by Johannes Verspronck

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Cheers, Eelco