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French Neoclassicism during the Directory and the Napoleonic Empire (1795–1815)

French Neoclassicism during the Directory and the Napoleonic Empire (1795–1815)

  1. Directory established after Year III Constitution

    Labels: Directory, Constitution of

  2. David begins "Intervention of the Sabine Women"

    Labels: Jacques-Louis David, The Sabine

  3. David completes and exhibits "Sabine Women"

    Labels: Jacques-Louis David, The Sabine

  4. Coup of 18 Brumaire ends the Directory

    Labels: Coup of, Napoleon Bonaparte

  5. Constitution of the Year VIII establishes the Consulate

    Labels: Constitution of, Consulate

  6. David completes "Napoleon Crossing the Alps"

    Labels: Jacques-Louis David, Napoleon Crossing

  7. Ingres wins Prix de Rome with Homeric subject

    Labels: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Prix de

  8. Vivant Denon appointed to lead the Musée Napoléon

    Labels: Vivant Denon, Mus e

  9. Gros exhibits "Plague Victims of Jaffa" at the Salon

    Labels: Antoine-Jean Gros, Plague Victims

  10. Napoleon crowned Emperor at Notre-Dame

    Labels: Napoleon Bonaparte, Coronation at

  11. David starts painting "The Coronation of Napoleon"

    Labels: Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation

  12. Percier and Fontaine build Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel

    Labels: Percier &, Arc de

  13. David completes "The Coronation of Napoleon"

    Labels: Jacques-Louis David, The Coronation

  14. Formal dissolution of Napoleon and Joséphine’s marriage

    Labels: Napoleon Bonaparte, Jos phine

  15. Napoleon abdicates after Allied capture of Paris

    Labels: Abdication of, Allied occupation

  16. Defeat at Waterloo ends the Napoleonic Empire

    Labels: Battle of, Napoleon Bonaparte