portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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7 d* R8 Z( _( f3 BThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801./ p4 J/ o* d- b2 u6 [; W

+ E0 a; O4 C& D' i6 w: }8 TLike 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.8 T: C4 P5 L0 D% U; x: i) n/ B
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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( e! I; ]# p& d4 r( C  n! |
有'呸傷'
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
, I4 n2 j+ _- d, m8 c& h7 [* A 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含( z  I, h6 X' \6 C$ {2 ^/ L
有'呸傷'
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& b% i" i: x7 r5 {7 N( i) N# p% wu are right , his food was poisoned by the british