LA OCUPACIÓN FRANCESA DE SEVILLA Y LA DIFUSIÓN DEL NEOCLASICISMO: LA DECORACIÓN DE LA CASA DE LOS CAVALERI

Abstract

This article analises the renovation of sorne buildings in Seville in order to be occupied by high officials from the French army during the Napoleonic war. This work specially deals with sorne mural decorations made by the painter Juan Escacena in the so-called House ofCavaleri family, where General H. Gazan was living. These paintings are examined as a revival of artistic styles and they are considered as an early example of the Neo-classicism aesthetic in the city.