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.. d" z. f7 g9 w, v8 j' K! K

6 Q9 @0 u' R% w% gLike 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 L2 h$ y, q0 [; t
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9 C8 v1 T: F6 u[ 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# k2 B6 A4 V" {" K. e0 B" G0 V$ v* M
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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:# I, W& }1 h& w; J% Z
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含7 Z8 u4 b7 I: N' f6 k8 o
有'呸傷'9 p9 O$ z6 a4 Z- E1 b; }
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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$ S' q  }& i" @& `0 |8 ?u are right , his food was poisoned by the british