portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard# F6 h: u3 p0 |3 c
Jacques-Louis David
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- M+ q% i/ w3 C+ sThis 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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) X  p0 d3 C' k$ F9 TLike 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.3 T9 t# o, o/ z- H) j2 [6 R4 R  Z

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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6 a: o2 {2 u9 J0 R8 T' u; V
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:* r! l5 m! m( E" g; y9 Q* k8 c
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
  {+ l( C3 y  y( }/ E有'呸傷'
8 U: n  U7 c9 Q+ n即係拿破倫ng係病死

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9 j+ P2 }; n5 H6 yu are right , his food was poisoned by the british