portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard7 }8 y6 S/ A0 b7 C2 z) }+ e
Jacques-Louis David
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+ s; A9 _' t: _This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.2 g3 h- {1 k6 Y2 y
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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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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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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:  Y* u+ F. N2 B9 B# M0 a
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
* Z0 r3 U# u# `5 ~. {' c有'呸傷'
" H4 V6 f4 Z2 P! N即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british