Barry Bergdoll is Meyer Schapiro Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University.

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Napoleon visiting the stairs of the Louvre, guided by the architects Percier and Fontaine

What did Napoleon really want from his architects?

The emperor of France longed to rival the emperors of ancient Rome, reorganising the great cities of Europe and creating a few of his own

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