LOUIS-PHILLIPE COMPLETES THE MONUMENT THAT NAPOLEON BEGAN, HOPING TO UNITE THE FRENCH AROUND HIM
(IN 1836)
To thank the humble for bringing him to power he has soldiers shown as men of the people for the first time:
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| Claude Abron |
They are individualized as well.
Till then warriors were shown as Romans, whether they were kings, nobles — adversaries included — or mercenaries...
Louis XIII at place des Vosges Louis XIV at the Musée Carnavalet
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| At the Saint-Denis gate, 1674 / Carolyn Ristau |
A noble fights another noble.
La Paie des soldats from the tapestry "Les Fruits de la guerre", 1546-1548 at the Renaissance Museum / zoom
But commoners were anonymous...
L'Ange de la mort vainc Sennarcherib, 17th century / zoom
These soldiers of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic armies on are courageous, determined, individualized, ordinary...
Photos from the diorama at the arch's summit
And need binoculars to decipher.
Claude Abron
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