portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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6 Q8 V$ l4 c' a% v% r9 iThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801., n- m  v0 Z) a' T
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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.
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[ 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8 ?: I/ x0 i$ \  P' ^% k1 c
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
$ N) s: N1 X; ~9 u# `/ Z 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british