portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard# a0 x0 X$ A, |4 U4 a" }
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This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.3 l9 C  v* n2 G) H: ?
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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./ T6 S6 c4 `" d" l
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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:  s7 H# K5 c3 G! Y4 x- c9 z4 y
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含" U% y2 p* `$ u% d/ t( T
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

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