Napoléon, Légendes. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués over the years

over the years

Quarterly journal of regional studies published with the support of the National Center for Scientific Research

this catalogue brings to life

Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka

The preface is written by Anouar Benmalek

Napoléon, Légendes. Arts décoratifs – Arts appliqués over the yearsThere is more than one legend of Napoleon. The first, and perhaps the strongest of them all, was forged during his lifetime by Bonaparte, the First Consul, and the Emperor. The second came later, after the fall of the Empire and Napoleon's death on St. Helena; it immediately emerged as a polymorphous phenomenon that asserted itself and grew thanks to the political context of the Restoration and, at the same time, owed part of its growth to the