This monograph examines the relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) and his chief adviser in the art – Dominique Vivant Denon (1747–1825). Denon played a decisive role in shaping Napoleon’s personality cult through art. For him, art was a means of expression; representation, propaganda and the cult of personality were form. The analysis carried out in this book proves that art in France during the period of Napoleon’s reign did not lead to the lack of creative freedom or the mental dictatorship of the glorified French sovereign. The Empire style was a mirror of the visions of Napoleon I, the general director of museums Denon, and a number of artists who were willing to participate in the imperial presentation.