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 9 N: W: a) e2 u. m3 I3 ^; pJacques-Louis David . u- `4 L1 D7 p 3 f. X/ G, X$ tThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801. 8 Y# u1 ^' H0 _0 i* c* V- o% S `0 L0 Y- d6 n
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.6 m1 L& v- w& h3 c: ?# c