{"id":17893,"date":"2011-03-12T18:18:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T23:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=17893"},"modified":"2011-03-12T18:18:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-12T23:18:47","slug":"american-furniture-the-empire-of-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/03\/12\/american-furniture-the-empire-of-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"American Furniture: The Empire of Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/ARCH.gif\" alt=\"ARCH logo.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News release from ARCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>American Furniture: The Empire of Democracy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(March 2, 2011) &#8211; ARCH announce that a Fun and Free lecture entitled &#8220;The Empire of Democracy: American Craftsmen Turn a French Style to Suit America&#8217;s Spirit,&#8221; will be held March 22, at 6:30pm at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, presented by Charles A. Shepard III, the Executive Director of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art.<\/p>\n<p>The Empire style originated in France in 1798 after Napoleon returned triumphant from his Egyptian campaign. The victory brought to light large numbers of archaeological discoveries from Egypt and encouraged the worlds of fashion and the applied arts to explore Egyptian design themes. All over Europe, Egyptian motifs, as well as those drawn from Ancient Greece and Rome, were to become prominent features of the sumptuous Empire style of decoration.\u00c2\u00a0 In France, the stress on Egyptian and Roman-inspired design was part of an ambitious scheme to suggest Napoleon&#8217;s role as an Emperor as the French government was transformed from a republic into an empire.<\/p>\n<p>The American Empire style of furniture was only loosely based on France&#8217;s Empire style of furniture, with none of the political overtones. \u00c2\u00a0American Empire furniture became immediately popular in the early 1800&#8217;s, but American craftsmen and designers had no intention of slavishly copying French models.\u00c2\u00a0 Their interpretations of the Empire style highlighted their ingenuity and inventiveness, qualities for which American cabinet makers have always been distinguished.<\/p>\n<p>Charles A. Shepard III, Executive Director of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, has been involved in making, presenting, teaching, and introducing people to art for over thirty years. He has been the director of the Michigan Guild and, as such, responsible for the Ann Arbor Art Fair, the Plymouth Art Fair, and the Ann Arbor Winter Fair. He has been a professor of art history, senior curator and director at three university museums, most recently the Lyman Allyn Art Museum at Connecticut College, before accepting his post as Executive Director of the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in 2003.\u00c2\u00a0 Since then, Shepard has been instrumental in guiding the museum in many new directions.\u00c2\u00a0 Figuring most prominently in Shepard&#8217;s tenure at the FWMoA was the successful $7.5 million expansion and renovation which was recently completed in Spring 2010.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/assorted-photos\/4543.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The William Wells ARCH Marker at the northeast corner of the Griswold Drive and Tennessee Avenue intersection. Photo taken May 16, 2004.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='57dd502b0a4b4af7b50eeac4344381c6' data-image-id=\"5423\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/assorted-photos\/4543.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/assorted-photos\/thumbs\/thumbs_4543.jpg\" data-title=\"The William Wells ARCH Marker\" data-description=\"The William Wells ARCH Marker at the northeast corner of the Griswold Drive and Tennessee Avenue intersection. 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data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151509.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151509.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Tom Smith, John Shoaff and Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Republican incumbent Tom Smith (City Council 1st District), Democrat incumbent John Shoaff (City Council At-Large) and Democrat Mayor Tom Henry at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Tom Smith, John Shoaff and Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Tom Smith, John Shoaff and Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6228\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151509.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151513.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Republican Mayoral candidate Paula Hughes at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='57dd502b0a4b4af7b50eeac4344381c6' data-image-id=\"6229\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151513.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151513.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Paula Hughes\" data-description=\"Republican Mayoral candidate Paula Hughes at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Paula Hughes\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Paula Hughes\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6229\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151513.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151514.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Independent Mayoral candidate Haley Ahrendt at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='57dd502b0a4b4af7b50eeac4344381c6' data-image-id=\"6230\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151514.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151514.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Haley Ahrendt\" data-description=\"Independent Mayoral candidate Haley Ahrendt at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Haley Ahrendt\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Haley Ahrendt\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6230\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151514.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151518.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Democrat incumbent City Clerk Sandy Kennedy at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='57dd502b0a4b4af7b50eeac4344381c6' data-image-id=\"6231\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151518.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151518.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Sandy Kennedy\" data-description=\"Democrat incumbent City Clerk Sandy Kennedy at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Sandy Kennedy\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Sandy Kennedy\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6231\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151518.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151520.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Democrat incumbent City Councilman At-Large John Shoaff at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='57dd502b0a4b4af7b50eeac4344381c6' data-image-id=\"6232\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151520.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151520.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: John Shoaff\" data-description=\"Democrat incumbent City Councilman At-Large John Shoaff at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: John Shoaff\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: John Shoaff\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6232\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151520.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151522.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Democrat challenger for City Council At-Large, Gordon Anthony at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='57dd502b0a4b4af7b50eeac4344381c6' data-image-id=\"6233\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151522.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151522.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Gordon Anthony\" data-description=\"Democrat challenger for City Council At-Large, Gordon Anthony at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Gordon Anthony\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Gordon Anthony\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6233\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151522.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151525.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Democrat challenger Steve Shafer for the City Council 1st District seat at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='57dd502b0a4b4af7b50eeac4344381c6' data-image-id=\"6234\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151525.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151525.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Steve Shafer\" data-description=\"Democrat challenger Steve Shafer for the City Council 1st District seat at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Steve Shafer\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Steve Shafer\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6234\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151525.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151530.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Republican incumbent City Councilman Tom Didier (3rd  District) at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='57dd502b0a4b4af7b50eeac4344381c6' data-image-id=\"6235\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151530.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151530.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Tom Didier\" data-description=\"Republican incumbent City Councilman Tom Didier (3rd  District) at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Tom Didier\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Tom Didier\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6235\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151530.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151534.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Democrat challenger Christian Nagel for the City Council 3rd District seat at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='57dd502b0a4b4af7b50eeac4344381c6' data-image-id=\"6236\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151534.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151534.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Christian Nagel\" data-description=\"Democrat challenger Christian Nagel for the City Council 3rd District seat at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Christian Nagel\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Christian Nagel\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6236\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151534.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151537.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Republican incumbent in the City Council&#039;s 4th District, Mitch Harper at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='57dd502b0a4b4af7b50eeac4344381c6' data-image-id=\"6237\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151537.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151537.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Mitch Harper\" data-description=\"Republican incumbent in the City Council&#039;s 4th District, Mitch Harper at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Mitch Harper\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Mitch Harper\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6237\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151537.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151541.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Republican challenger Ben Hall for the City Council 4th District seat at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='57dd502b0a4b4af7b50eeac4344381c6' data-image-id=\"6238\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151541.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151541.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Ben Hall\" data-description=\"Republican challenger Ben Hall for the City Council 4th District seat at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Ben Hall\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Ben Hall\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6238\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151541.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151542.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Democrat challenger Geoff Paddock for the City Council 4th District seat at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='57dd502b0a4b4af7b50eeac4344381c6' data-image-id=\"6239\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/151542.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151542.jpg\" data-title=\"YLNI the Vote: Geoff Paddock\" data-description=\"Democrat challenger Geoff Paddock for the City Council 4th District seat at the &#039;YLNI the Vote&#039; Candidate forum held September 15, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"YLNI the Vote: Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"YLNI the Vote: Geoff Paddock\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6239\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_151542.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News release from ARCH: American Furniture: The Empire of Democracy Related 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