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Hermes 140 scarf 'Sous L'egide DE Mars', by Pierre Marie, design first published in 2013. Retail price: 70% cashmere, 30% silk. Inspired by an exhibition on the armour of European princes in the second half of the 16th century, which took place at the Hotel des Invalides in 2011. Hand rolled hems. 140 x 140 cm. Very good condition. Condition: Good, but used. A good but used item will have been worn and potentially washed but will be in good condition and well taken care of. The item will have visible wear and tear but the defects will be minor. These have to be mentioned and visible in photos.

One of the most important funerary monuments in Europe is the tomb of Napoleon, built in the Church of the Invalides in Paris between 1840 and 1861.  As Befits a Legend is the first comprehensive examination of its construction process, historical context, and political and social meanings.  It also is the only work published in English about this unique structure. Michael Paul Driskel’s study, based on extensive archival research in France, documents the problems inherent in building the appropriate monument for such a controversial figure and the public debate it generated.  Following a detailed and illuminating account of the range of proposals put forward, Driskel concludes that the form of the structure represents a symbolic mediation of conflicting demands. Louis-Tullis Visconti, a major Parisian architect who was officially commissioned for the project, is the subject of intensive scrutiny to determine the nature of his personal contribution to the design, as well as his relationship with the many sculptors involved in the collective construction process.  Here Driskel offers a significant contribution to the sociology of architecture and to the question of what “authorship” means in an undertaking of this kind. As Befits a Legend bridges the disciplines of history and art history and will appeal to historians of architecture, sculpture, social and cultural history, and those fascinated with the history and legend of Napoleon.  Nearly 100 photographs of 19th-centure statuary, drawings, and lithographs complement the text.

From Alan Forrest, a preeminent British scholar, comes an exceedingly readable account of the man and his legend On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to watch as the body of Napoleon was solemnly carried on a riverboat from Courbevoie on its final journey to the Invalides. The return of their long-dead emperor's corpse from the island of St. Helena was a moment that Paris had eagerly awaited, though many feared that the memories stirred would serve to further destabilize a country that had struggled for order and direction since he had been sent into exile.In this book Alan Forrest tells the remarkable story of how the son of a Corsican attorney became the most powerful man in Europe, a man whose charisma and legacy endured after his lonely death many thousands of miles from the country whose fate had become so entwined with his own.Along the way, Forrest also cuts away the many layers of myth and counter myth that have grown up around Napoleon, a man who mixed history and legend promiscuously. Drawing on original research and his own distinguished background in French history, Forrest demonstrates that Napoleon was as much a product of his times as their creator.

L’ambassade de Suisse en France occupe aujourd’hui les murs d’une magnifique demeure tout près des Invalides à Paris. Son hôte actuel, l’ambassadeur Jean-Jacques de Dardel, présente ici l’histoire de cet hôtel particulier à travers le portrait de son propriétaire le plus prestigieux, Pierre Victor de Besenval, grand militaire suisse qui l’habitat et l’embellit au cours du XVIIIe siècle. La chronique de sa vie et des nombreux aménagements dont il fut l’instigateur plonge le lecteur dans l’histoire architecturale, artistique, politique et galante de son époque. A la Révolution, Besenval connut les tourments d’un dirigeant des armées royales réduites à la Garde suisse, écartelée entre sa loyauté au Roi et une forme de retenue à l’égard des révolutionnaires. Après sa mort, la demeure passa entre les mains de diverses familles françaises, avant de se retrouver fortuitement à nouveau en mains suisses au cours des années 1930, au moment où la Confédération cherchait à acquérir une nouvelle résidence. Richement illustré, ce portrait historique et actuel de l’hôtel de Benseval inaugure la collection Empreintes suisses en France qui présentera chaque année des essais sur la manière dont des personnalités helvétiques ont marqué de manière significative plusieurs pans de la réalité française.

Milano, 2006; br., pp. 180, 328 ill. b/n e col., cm 21x21.(Architettura. Saggi). Il volume è un vero e proprio manuale di restauro, con decine di casi italiani ed esteri tra cui il restauro dell'Acropoli di Atene, la ricostruzione della cattedrale di Dresda o del ponte di Mostar, gli interventi per Les Invalides a Parigi, La Fenice di Venezia, illustrati con sequenze fotografiche e brevi testi introduttivi, utilizzati per rafforzare il racconto teorico e insieme per raccontare l'arte di restaurare l'architettura antica seguendone le regole e la materia originale. Il testo poi non si ferma alla singola opera architettonica ma dedica molto spazio al tema del restauro urbano e del paesaggio, nuove frontiere del recupero architettonico contemporaneo mostrando alcune delle esperienze internazionali più significative ed aggiornate.