About 10 results for ‘Empire’
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Empire
The term empire derives from the Latin imperium (power, authority). Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a monarch or an oligarchy. Aside from the traditional usage, the term empire can be used in an extended sense to denote a large-scale business enterprise, or a political organisation of either national-, regional- or city scale, controlled either by a person or a group authority (political bosses). An imperial political structure is established and maintained in two ways: (i) as a territorial empire of direct conquest and control with force (direct, physical action to compel the emperor’s goals), and (ii) as a coercive, hegemonic empire of indirect conquest and control with power (the perception that the emperor can physically enforce his desired goals). The former provides greater tribute and direct political control, yet limits further expansion because it absorbs military forces to fixed garrisons. The latter provides less tribute and indirect control, but avails military forces for further expansion. Territorial empires tended to be contiguous areas. The term on occasion has been applied to maritime empires or thalassocracies, with looser structures and more scattered territories.
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Léon Gérôme
LE SIECLE D'AUGUSTE : NAISSANCE DE N.-S. JESUS CHRIST
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Apotheosis
- Crowd
- Empire
- Julius Caesar
- Nativity of Jesus
- Temple
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Joseph-Félix Bouchor
Premier drapeau pris à l'ennemi. Invalides, Paris, 1914
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Empire
- Flag
- Flame
- Leaf
- World War I
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Joseph-Félix Bouchor
Sept drapeaux pris à l'ennemi. Paris, Invalides, novembre...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Empire
- Flag
- Knot
- World War I
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Joseph-Félix Bouchor
Sept drapeaux pris à l'ennemi. Paris, Invalides, novembre...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Crown (headgear)
- Empire
- Flag
- Knot
- World War I
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Field(s):
- Studio glass
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- Designation:
- bouteille ; ensemble
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Portrait de Joseph Lyard
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Empire
- Insignia
- Legion of Honour
- Officer (armed forces)
- Portrait
- Uniform
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Chirurgien-major mourant (inv. ancien), Soldat de l'Empir...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Empire
- Serviceman
- Uniform
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- Date:
- 19th century
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