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Paris-Strasbourg and Paris-Creil railway lines inaugurated. Gare de Lyon and Gare de Montparnasse completed. Work begins on the ‘New Louvre’. Le Bon Marché founded. Plebiscite approves restoration of the Empire. Proclamation of Second Empire; on 2 December 1852 Louis Napoleon becomes Napoleon III.
The Second French Empire [a], officially the French Empire, [b] was the government of France from 2 December 1852 to 4 September 1870 between the Second and the Third French Republics. Ruled by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (Napoleon III) , the period was one of significant achievements in infrastructure and economy, while France reasserted itself ...
1 lip 2012 · This study focuses on six significant features of Second Empire life, supposed tokens of advancing civilization: its exhibitions, with their utopian vistas; its transport systems, notably its rail network with its sensations of speedy progress and its inherent dangers; its culinary inventiveness; its controversial advances in the art of ...
21 wrz 2024 · Second Empire, (1852–70) period in France under the rule of Emperor Napoleon III (the original empire having been that of Napoleon I). In its early years (1852–59), the empire was authoritarian but enjoyed economic growth and pursued a favourable foreign policy.
A new plebiscite on 21 November preceded the regime change: on 2 December 1852, the Second Empire was established. The Prince-President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte officially became Napoleon III, Emperor of the French.
Encouraged by the government, the history painters of the Second Empire became the self-appointed chroniclers of the military campaigns. The Crimea, Italy, Algeria, Mexico were for them just subjects to be illustrated and their works, exhibited to the public at the Salons, are strongly documentary in character.
Ces actes d'un colloque organisé en avril 2002 par le Département de français de l'Université de Durham (Royaume-Uni) proposent une relecture critique de la production artistique et littéraire et de la politique culturelle du Second Empire.
