portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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, L! T$ V2 Q* o1 j6 E+ wThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.* r3 Y- i  G4 E8 e
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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.' i3 H, `% ~8 `! p& ]. F

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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:  K2 C8 T+ z# T
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含& x6 c) a! n6 V  L# `- t. j4 f# H% ?
有'呸傷'
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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british