HIB0351 French Society and Culture under the Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Marian Hochel, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Hana Ambrožová
Timetable
Thu 18:20–19:55 zrusena A22 stara
Prerequisites
Knowledge of one world language (English, French, German) for the analysis of foreign-language literature and historical sources.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course, students should be able to understand and explain the official cultural policy of the First Empire in France and the phenomenon of connection between the art and authoritarianism of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Syllabus
  • Main objectives can be summarized as follows:
  • 1. Cultural institutions and the official policy of France in the domain of art.
  • 2. Connection between Napoleon Bonaparte as sovereign and patron of the official French art.
  • 3. Team of cultural advisers and the artistic court of Napoleon Bonaparte.
  • 4. Painting, sculpture, architecture, arts and crafts in service to Napoleon's political representation.
  • 5. “Le Style Empire“ in support of assisting the official art, elimination of undesirable production.
  • 6. Press, theatre and government censure.
  • 7. Means of state propaganda and control of public opinion.
  • 8. Fashion and support of the clothing industry, main centres of textile production in the age of Napoleon.
  • 9. Formation of the modern museum structure in France. Artworks as property seized after the war and their transfer from the European private galleries to France. Louvre as “Musée Napoléon.“
  • 10. The Bonapartes in the position of official artistic patrons and the propagation of the Style Empire in Europe.
Literature
  • BRUUN, Geoffrey. Europe and the French imperium : 1799-1814. New York: Harper & Row, 1938, xvii, 280. info
  • ELLIS, Geoffrey. Napoleon. Translated by Antonín Jeřábek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2001, 231 s. ISBN 8071854050. info
  • FURET, François. Francouzská revoluce. 1. vyd. Praha: Argo, 2004, 450 s. ISBN 8072034529. info
  • MANFRED, Al'bert Zacharovič. Napoleon Bonaparte. Translated by Vlasta Boudyšová. Vyd. 2. Praha: Svoboda, 1983, 610 s. info
  • Markov, Walter: Grand Empire: Virtue and Vice in the Napoleonic Era (v orig. Grand Empire : Sitten und Unsitten der Napoleonzeit), Leipzig, 1990, 280 s.
  • TARLE, Jevgenij Viktorovič. Napoleon. Translated by Eduard Kubala. Vyd. 2. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1950, 441 s. URL info
  • Tulard, Jean: Napoleon oder Der Mythos des Retters: eine Biographie (v orig. Napoléon ou le mythe du sauveur). 2., durchges. Aufl., Tübingen, 1979, 549 s.
Assessment methods
Duty to attend course of lectures, homework, class discussion, final colloquium.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/predmety/predmet.pl?kod=HIB0351;fakulta=1421;obdobi=
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2010.
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