The Condine Of The Emperor Napoleon And The Coronation Of Empress Josephine
Through the Marxist lenses of art historical analysis, art is a form of economic production. Art is a way to show the political and economic role in society. Because of this, artists are no more than workers, people who do a job because they are getting paid for it. Art purpose is to portray the moral, social and economic factors of society.
In Jacques-Louis David painting “The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Josephine” the artist got commissioned by Napoleon to make a painting depicting an important moment in the bourgeoisie history.
The patron’s motivations were to capture this moment and expose it with splendor, without leaving aside the political message that the acts of consecration and coronation