portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard6 V; `3 A" O7 ?1 F3 J* v
Jacques-Louis David
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5 f' V3 c- M! M! _7 u% f9 RThis 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.
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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 Q- r. p8 u0 `. z0 F- y+ f! I
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
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有'呸傷'
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( V; ]: V% C+ M0 P9 P6 S! B& wu are right , his food was poisoned by the british