Napoleon: In the Name of Art

Napoleon: In the Name of Art (2021) blends Documentary elements. Top cast includes Jeremy Irons. The plot follows a central conflict that grows in scope as the film progresses.

Actor: Jeremy Irons • Provider: Prime Video

The documentary tells how Bonaparte's passion - sometimes Bonaparte's obsession - for art and knowledge, has changed the face of modern culture: from the birth of schools, libraries and public museums (including Brera and the Louvre) to foundation of Egyptology thanks to the Egyptian campaign, from the extraordinary archaeological discoveries to the looting of works of art, up to the paintings and sculptures dedicated to him. We will enter the mind of Napoleon and his literary predilections, his psychology, his immoderate passion for self-affirmation, which so much inspired men of power, intellectuals, dictators over the following centuries.