portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard8 Z" u/ l3 Y, `) ?, K! R; ?$ R' X. H
Jacques-Louis David
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This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.
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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.6 n7 N& O5 a' K1 x. x6 c1 p
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[ 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:$ `: }& I; s' A; E6 y8 d* F
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
8 @+ i, y. q) c0 u! c3 r有'呸傷'
6 U! p  P2 [6 ~8 K即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british