portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard  P. A; q- ^- O3 }7 C2 S, p  N
Jacques-Louis David
3 V) O4 i# i/ O! M6 h7 }
% A) D$ q) h, ]  Z, L- EThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.1 x2 [) C2 ]; Z8 j0 J
& q* `: H+ T  s) e' [3 g: a
Like most of David's portraits of Napoleon, this was a propaganda piece. Napoleon actually crossed the Alps on a mule because mules have better balance and traction, are lower to the ground, and do better in cold weather.
. I1 |4 h) l$ H6 ]3 F* _( P6 N" t7 N
, x, w( l+ I+ o2 T

4 k# ^) e  }. O8 G: T9 G" Ghttp://www.26fun.com/attachment.php?aid=138556&checkid=708dc: ~0 ^$ U' i5 ~% `" ]: H, v, f6 V

, j$ b! L- T( X' v6 W. C[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

月月鳥

我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
) y$ @. T; }! J2 y有'呸傷'
0 @* z5 A7 Z' _& P4 @# V即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
/ e8 w3 b) s; {- c$ U9 T 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
8 x9 p4 i) p. c, u) X有'呸傷'5 U5 v' Z- e4 ?+ _9 U
即係拿破倫ng係病死

& s, l/ ^  s. \' p7 T" [
) ~: I! Q' U. Z% |: |2 o
' w. }: u6 H+ }" L* M6 @% v+ hu are right , his food was poisoned by the british