portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard2 U/ Q! y% K+ J+ A
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1 j( b8 R( y- ~- g$ zThis 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.+ |) G# d2 I3 \$ y4 U) P. ^' Z
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[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:9 i( X9 E# A1 i: C: ^( c% ?, r+ A
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

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+ C6 m2 E: P7 a0 }* u$ U$ B* fu are right , his food was poisoned by the british