David - Napoleon Crossing the Alps

Art as propaganda? A long and glorious history.
Jacques-Louis David's 1801 painting of Napoleon crossing the Alps is a heroic expression of the desires of a dictator and the glory of France.

PAINTINGS

Jacques-Louis David,
Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801)
Coronation of Napoleon (1808)
Death of Socrates (1787)

William Sadler
Battle of Waterloo (1815)

Antoine-Jean Gros
First Consul Napoleon (1802)
Bonaparte on the Bridge at Arcole (1796)

Francisco Goya
The Third of May (1814)
Saturn Devouring His Son (1823)

Edvard Munch
The Scream (1893)

Mark Rothko
No. 61 Rust and Blue (1953)
(Used under Fair Use for noncommercial educational purposes, criticism and commentary. Image from MOCA - the Museum of Contempory Art - "moca.org".

Claude Monet
Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare (1877)
Poppy Field (1873)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Luncheon of the Boating Party (1880)

Hans Eworth, after Hans Holbein the Younger
Portrait of Henry VIII (after 1537)

Paul Delaroche
Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (1850)

Louis-François Lejeune
The Battle of Marengo

Friedrich Kaulbach
Imperial Coronation of Charlemagne (1861)

Joseph Beaume
Napoleon leaving Elba on 26 February 1815 (1836)

PHOTOS

Belvedere - Photo by Krzysztof Kowalik on Unsplash.com.

Royal Palace Madrid - Photo by Spencer Davis on Unsplash.com

MUSIC

Northern Lights - Chris Haugen - YouTube License