portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard5 L* s6 W8 Y. A9 f
Jacques-Louis David
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3 [0 g3 v# r7 z6 ]% a  e) B& z4 SThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.' [: |* ^. V, U/ C

: T8 e1 S, }# y) h/ FLike 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.. ^+ L% _7 d$ d; r; J2 V. x& \4 ]
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0 B3 f+ b0 V' h8 Q[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

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Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
% u3 Z. l" }1 Z8 V: p# L( I$ Q6 M2 C 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含6 g8 V* l! z  N) l
有'呸傷'
, c% u5 G( l+ n2 T' H即係拿破倫ng係病死

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2 d  {, `2 y1 }u are right , his food was poisoned by the british