portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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# g9 s7 |0 G/ Z: h/ q7 V+ o+ e, nThis 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.$ k7 _* D: l& b  r

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) b1 O6 N# s) O[ 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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即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
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有'呸傷'- T5 L' ~: {; U# [( H1 S2 y
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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