portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard" l( ]# g4 `  ?6 }7 t4 E0 Q0 r9 K
Jacques-Louis David; W# U" F3 @$ n6 W

" h) n2 `1 @  Z8 E; e) HThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.. s5 m# g& {4 _

5 h+ \" v$ ~7 T; iLike 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.0 O: t$ z) N# O6 r; j) w/ p2 F
3 R! a* ^, `) K0 q
# ?. d8 @/ q+ S  d# U6 j! ?- x

" P6 M8 _& D( d( w! R( Yhttp://www.26fun.com/attachment.php?aid=138556&checkid=708dc
. U! U0 b; v7 o+ F1 V9 {
8 k! E# `6 f; `! r& L& j6 h[ 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: Z& p% J; n! j8 V
有'呸傷'# }1 X6 V' E5 u$ m) o. a
即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
0 j0 U, k* Y* W. L8 A 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
4 ^+ z, q+ m: q* ~7 |有'呸傷'
' S8 |( L' g- S4 W# G即係拿破倫ng係病死

/ I  X: G: }% D
! Q" Q) R+ a0 p2 z
! B6 r1 y! {  ?: B- d; _: V  tu are right , his food was poisoned by the british