France's Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau has announced that he wants a new 'history and civics test' for people applying for French citizenship. But with this proposal, the devil is in the detail.

He no doubt still resembled the mesmerizing individual who, astride a stallion rearing towards a stormy sky, towers over us in Jacques-Louis David’s colossal canvas “Napoleon Crossing the Alps.” ...

Crossing the Alps: Napoleon’s Boldest Military Move. Posted: March 13, 2025 | Last updated: March 13, 2025. With enemy forces closing in, Napoleon made a bold choice—marching his army through ...

In February 2025 social media posts, U.S. President Donald Trump shared this quote usually attributed to French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte: "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law." ...

On Feb. 16, 2025, Trump shared on Truth Social a screen shot of an X post dated Feb. 10, 2025, of the quote set on an equestrian portrait of Napoleon by painter Jacques-Louis David. The portrait is ...

Take, for example, the painting by Jacques-Louis David entitled ‘Napoleon Crossing the Alps’ (1801-5). The wisdom of choosing such a scene to celebrate the advent of the Consulate might seem ...

A good time for thinking about Francisco Goya is while the world stumbles. Crisis becomes him. “Goya: A Portrait of the Artist” (Princeton), a biography by the American art historian Janis A ...

Napoleon Bonaparte’s giant, bucking horse in Jacques-Louis David’s painting Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1801)—Audubon might have seen it at the house of the French emperor’s brother in New ...

Jacques-Louis David's painting ‘Napoleon Crossing the Alps’ is one that captures the triumphant spirit of war. It shows Napoleon Bonaparte's military prowess during the Italian campaign and ...