Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
politique de l'image
English translation:
the use of the image in politics
Added to glossary by
Rachel Fell
Jan 19, 2008 13:28
16 yrs ago
French term
politique de l'image
French to English
Social Sciences
History
Peint par David de 1805 à 1808, "Le Sacre de Napoléon" devait éterniser la journée du 2 décembre 1804 qui vit l'Empereur se faire sacrer par le pape et se couronner lui-même. D'un format immense, le tableau de David possède la vie et la vérité d'un témoignage fidèle. En réalité; il s'inscrit dans une politique de l'image dont Bonaparte joua magistralement.
I know exactly what this means (a certain president springs to mind!), but am having a Sunday-afternoon mental block...
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I know exactly what this means (a certain president springs to mind!), but am having a Sunday-afternoon mental block...
TIA
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Jan 21, 2008 15:05: Rachel Fell Created KOG entry
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Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
United Kingdom
Thorough, knowledgeable and resourceful
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Italian to English, and 4 more.
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the use of the image in politics
same reference with a better-sounding address:
Napoleon, David
Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic, ... Their historic relationship confirmed the importance of the image in politics--indeed, ...
www.frif.com/new2006/nap.html
Ingenious
ive images continually replace those that are past their ‘use-by’ date, ... The news constantly reminds us of the importance of the image in politics. ...
www.ingenious.org.uk/Read/Seeing/Imagemanipulation/Advertis... - 19k -
Leni Riefenstahl
... the gigantism of the Hollywood megabuck movie, the mythic use of the camera in sports coverage and even the primacy of the "image" in politics. ...
www.buzzle.com/editorials/9-9-2003-45210.asp - 27k
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Thanks - glad to have helped :-)
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks very much to you all for your answers. Points go to Rachel for the brilliant link to "Napoleon, the Image Enthroned", which was extremely helpful."
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Gert Sass (M.A.)
Germany
Germany
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Germany
Precision for those who appreciate it.
Native in: German
Works in: English to German, German to English, French to German, and 5 more.
strategy (or politics) of showmanship
In fact, he subscribed to a strategy (or politics) of showmanship which the Emperor was a true master of.
Several ways to put it I think.
Several ways to put it I think.
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propagandist imagery/visual propaganda
With the notable exception of the Death of Marat, this is a side of David's art that I loathe. He was, when not doing dreadful classical, history painting, a wonderful portraitist.
Note from asker:
| Propaganda! That was the word on the tip of my tongue! |
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Etienne Muylle Wallace
: Perfect, or also IMAGE POLICY
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Thanks etienne - though I don't think "image policy" would do.
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Expialidocio (X)
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Thanks CP.
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Najib Aloui
: Bonjour, B.D.Terming a message as propaganda is pejorative since it's considered that the message is not sincere informati but manipulation.Propaganda is "massive" in the sense of "gross" and in the sense of destined to the masses.
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Propaganda isn't necessarily "mass". Collins: "the organised dissemination of information allegations etc., to assist or damage the cause of a government, movement etc." - perjorative?
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image politics
another suggestion
Example sentence:
http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p150557_index.html
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Ingeborg Gowans (X)
: that was my first thought here
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thnx. All too common now in politics.
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Assimina Vavoula
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thnx.
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Najib Aloui
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thnx.
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veratek
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ddfreng
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Jonathan MacKerron
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Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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misappropriation of art (for political purposes?)
another approach
Peer comment(s):
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B D Finch
: David could hardly "misappropriate" his own work, and art can validly have a political message, even though it must stand or fall on its artistic, rather than its political, merit.
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visual propaganda
visual propaganda of the highest order, OR, more colloquially, "major spin."
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SORRY, didn't notice B.D. Finch's response!
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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-19 15:23:16 GMT)
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SORRY, didn't notice B.D. Finch's response!
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B D Finch
: Sorry I had two bites of the cherry - but "the highest order"? Never!
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I guess you're not a David fan.
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Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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the politics of art
It could simply be...
The Exceptional Woman: Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun and the Cultural ...... Vigee-Lebrun and the Cultural Politics of Art. - book reviews from Art Bulletin, ... such as David's Sacre (Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon, 1807), ...
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0422/is_n4_v79/ai_20824282/pg_5 - 30k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] DARCY GRIMALDO GRIGSBY November 2006 Born Panama Canal Zone ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
and the Politics of Art under Post-Revolutionary Empire.” .... Napoleon’s Mamelukes,” Symposium on Arts and Culture under Napoleonic Empire, Trinity ...
arthistory.berkeley.edu/faculty/faculty_CV/Grigsby_CV.pdf - Similar pages
The History of Art Department at The Ohio State University | People6, 315–16; "Art, Politics and the Politics of Art: Ingres's Saint Symphorien ... and the Journalistic Discourse Under Napoleon I, Art Institute of Chicago, ...
history-of-art.osu.edu/3_people/profile.php?id=32 - 20k - Cached - Similar pages
The Exceptional Woman: Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun and the Cultural ...... Vigee-Lebrun and the Cultural Politics of Art. - book reviews from Art Bulletin, ... such as David's Sacre (Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon, 1807), ...
findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0422/is_n4_v79/ai_20824282/pg_5 - 30k - Cached - Similar pages
[PDF] DARCY GRIMALDO GRIGSBY November 2006 Born Panama Canal Zone ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as HTML
and the Politics of Art under Post-Revolutionary Empire.” .... Napoleon’s Mamelukes,” Symposium on Arts and Culture under Napoleonic Empire, Trinity ...
arthistory.berkeley.edu/faculty/faculty_CV/Grigsby_CV.pdf - Similar pages
The History of Art Department at The Ohio State University | People6, 315–16; "Art, Politics and the Politics of Art: Ingres's Saint Symphorien ... and the Journalistic Discourse Under Napoleon I, Art Institute of Chicago, ...
history-of-art.osu.edu/3_people/profile.php?id=32 - 20k - Cached - Similar pages
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capitalize on imagery for political ends
I think of something like: "It exemplifies how Napoleon craftily capitalized on...".
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B D Finch
: He didn't craftily capitalise on it; David and his sidekick Gérard deliberately tailored (one could say prostituted) their art for the purpose, N just gratefully accepted and paid for their efforts.
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Discussion
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Spectacular-Politics-Louis-Napoleon-...
The Image Enthroned - A Film by Patric Jean http://www.iiav.nl/ezines/web/ElectricJournalHumanSexuality/...
Thanks Gert :-)