portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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This 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.. g! M) _( e; Q0 }7 J: A  f6 Q
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[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

月月鳥

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:8 {, Y7 v6 m: u+ \2 k- X- O
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含& T) j. F& R1 n9 a/ p
有'呸傷') @! }. [6 G/ C
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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$ c  I% D. h) e/ a& F/ lu are right , his food was poisoned by the british