portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard4 V, f) @; z* F! F3 P
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1 [6 Z( n# l4 i/ v/ v/ s; wThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.; Z1 k1 I& {6 I8 t1 U

1 p0 x, X/ w1 E7 `& v1 Z- W3 zLike 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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6 ^: k2 Q6 \: S* v[ 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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即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
! D, X4 p2 V7 l" E, B 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british