Renowned for her exquisite taste, her talent for attracting the most gifted artists and artisans of her time, and her ability to further their careers, Empress Joséphine, wife of Napoléon Bonaparte, had a profound and lasting effect on the arts of all Europe. Joséphine and the Arts of the Empire presents, for the first time in a single volume, evidence of Joséphine's far-reaching impact on painting, sculpture, garden design, the decorative arts, and even music.

With the book's editor and principal author, Eleanor P. DeLorme, the eight contributors to this volume— M. Bernard Chevallier, Kimberly Chrisman Campbell, David Gilbert, Christopher Hartop, Peter Mitchell, Tamara Préaud, Diana Scarisbrick, and John Ward— are all experts in their respective fields. Their lively texts explore the salon culture that Joséphine encouraged, the lavish interiors and gardens in which she walked, the fashions and jewelry she wore, the porcelain and silver that graced her table, and the music she heard. This book will appeal not only to scholars of early-nineteenth-century French art and history but also to dealers, collectors, and anyone interested in one of the most extraordinary women of her time.

Eleanor P. DeLorme, a member of the art history faculty at Wellesley College for more than twenty-five years, is adjunct curator of Wellesley's Davis Museum, a Fellow of the International Napoléon Society, and author of Joséphine: Napoléon's Incomparable Empress and Garden Pavilions and the Eighteenth-Century French Court.

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Price: $100.00