portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard4 O) x* C4 M9 ~: T% A: J8 [
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& d( I/ J' M  c5 }- DThis 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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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.* M  {* L/ a3 E* L9 g/ K$ M
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. U8 \) a5 [; A6 w" }. \% i$ i) E[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
. _' C) C+ h4 `# y 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含6 G& J$ K7 R8 ^; E! [2 Q- M
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1 h8 c/ @; ~+ ~( nu are right , his food was poisoned by the british