portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard/ t& K, ?9 W3 M8 y$ ^
Jacques-Louis David
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& w3 H0 a4 l, r9 A- ]5 hThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.+ K) ]2 ], ^) K# }# l. H

+ i- ?4 Q/ ?0 VLike 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.
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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+ z% B( E7 @+ \- ]! G. ]* b# l1 X
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
! q: m2 ^, ^9 z 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british