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History Of Impressionism
Lecture Two
Napoleon III's Paris
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (20 April 1808 – 9 January 1873) was the President of the French Second Republic and as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I, christened as Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte. Elected President by popular vote in 1848, he initiated a coup d'état in 1851,
becoming dictator before ascending the throne as Napoleon III on 2
December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I's coronation.
He ruled as Emperor of the French until 4 September 1870. He holds the unusual distinction of being both the first titular president and the last monarch of France.
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History Of Impressionism 01 - The Realist and the Idealist 
History Of Impressionism 02 - Napoleon III's Paris 
History Of Impressionism 03 - Baudelaire and the Definition of Modernism 
History Of Impressionism 04 - The shock of the New 
History Of Impressionism 05 - The Painters of Modern Life 
History Of Impressionism 06 - Pierre-Auguste Renoir 
History Of Impressionism 07 - Impressions of the Countryside 
History Of Impressionism 08 - Paris Under Siege 
History Of Impressionism 09 - The First Exhibition 
History Of Impressionism 10 
