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Re:Time to Take Down the Mona Lisa? by Iv on Thursday November 07, 2019 @11:49AM (#21474820)
(not the person you respond to)

I get your feeling, but that's a mistake to placate it on that painting. Napoleon probably abolished more monarchies than anyone else in Europe.

The moment it captures is when Napoleon (who took power, he was not born into it) broke the supremacy of the church over European leaders. A definite moment for secularism.

It does mimic the crowning ceremony of kings, but it actually breaks the supremacy of the church.

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Re:Time to Take Down the Mona Lisa? by JoeAltmaier on Thursday November 07, 2019 @01:43PM (#21476008)
Whitewashing Napoleon, another power-hungry European absolute dictator who killed thousands, is disingenuous. He took the thrones of those he deposed. Not a hero.
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Re:Time to Take Down the Mona Lisa? by eternalban on Thursday November 07, 2019 @05:36PM (#21478035)
Beethoven agrees with you.
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