From designing Napoleon's coronation to his historic battles, Janty Yates and David Crossman drew upon historical texts and paintings for inspiration. How 'Napoleon' Coronation Scene Was Inspired ...

For Napoleon’s coronation, Yates took cues from Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1807 painting about the event. “We copied it as verbatim as we could,” she says.

I'm a little slow to news that the Louvre have co-published and released a new book on the Italian Paintings in the Musée ...