portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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) i: `+ z0 B" ?1 b6 p+ m8 ?This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.
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9 m- i9 y% z( N0 y( @1 H, oLike 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.
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月月鳥

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:5 {8 J. `1 Q: Q2 U8 c4 F
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含3 u+ A3 f& b8 N- p- \4 B- G
有'呸傷'9 P+ x; ^3 L9 ~$ W( ^
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british