portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
& d% V) o+ N5 o0 IJacques-Louis David
+ x0 n' o" M# j% U1 L1 }
+ H5 D$ q/ O: F! G; i! |This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.7 ~$ ]* [  w2 Y, m  i: S3 @
. C$ L, t. Q4 W5 h- p8 Z  X" o
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.
0 l7 }* K2 ?3 p4 p/ x  e/ |+ J" `0 D- F4 ?& X% A( q+ \

$ ^( n$ r& ^2 u+ e" z) ^) A; @* P# X7 ]
http://www.26fun.com/attachment.php?aid=138556&checkid=708dc1 V1 j1 n( j$ Q4 d) W

  X- J# ?' k+ h! [[ 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9 k; }! u" K* ?8 ?0 e+ W
有'呸傷'7 O- z8 z0 z3 _5 k- K6 O
即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:& T; x4 U+ z; A  z( `; z
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含6 t- u) @( ~' e$ Q
有'呸傷'
" C1 r$ B3 w9 B3 ]% I1 A- L即係拿破倫ng係病死

6 ]3 x  B2 J% q4 ?  Y) S# n2 ^2 R+ N0 |. o' ^$ N) \
, j& k" n9 N9 h
u are right , his food was poisoned by the british