portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard9 a0 D/ ]' V# _. m& a5 U
Jacques-Louis David
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2 }* E' r* X( ?5 Q: i  k) xThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.2 e/ E! g, }* h

# \1 ~" ]: ~6 V$ XLike 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.$ |( o) ~' Y. C, B4 ^

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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
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:$ D% R0 p6 O( d+ Y# a* j/ F) e& d4 }9 `
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含* T* S6 z$ ^# `: r! _: I, G
有'呸傷'2 [5 q  O) Z" B$ E
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british