portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard8 g: f1 N& v8 d8 G! p
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* [) n* x: @5 x9 Q2 `! @) rThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.* S6 L( Z8 e1 `  S# n4 U

# g" i5 D/ v" \* c% o1 lLike 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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- f9 H; v/ q+ Y9 V% S[ 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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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:$ w8 r2 o  y+ G+ Y# A
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含1 `! {" h  j1 \4 h5 A, v
有'呸傷'
/ z% ]4 f- r% v- X即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british