Under Napoleon, the French government often commissioned artists to spread propaganda. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Parisian arch commissioned by Napoleon to celebrate the soldiers who died fighting under his command.
ANSWER: Arc de Triomphe [or Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile]
[10h] This artist, a student of Jacques-Louis David, was commissioned to paint The Revolt of Cairo. This artist had a widely celebrated painting debut with his The Sleep of Endymion.
ANSWER: Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson [or Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson]
[10m] This neoclassical sculptor took commissions from the Bonapartes, depicting Napoleon as “Mars the Peacemaker” in one sculpture and his sister Pauline in Venus Victrix.
ANSWER: Antonio Canova
<AG, Painting and Sculpture>