標題: portrait of Napoleon [打印本頁] 作者: tai1980 時間: 2005-3-3 06:34 AM 標題: portrait of Napoleon
[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard / S7 o0 [. U: w7 P, ]2 IJacques-Louis David ' G0 I, z) X& S& f, P - M2 E3 q7 A. S1 ~3 o$ ~. DThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.& ]( D0 Z8 ?# K" H
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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. ; S1 h$ E5 C; O% z& Z- F; {8 c7 L7 [( [6 L, v; X
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