標題: portrait of Napoleon [打印本頁] 作者: tai1980 時間: 2005-3-3 06:34 AM 標題: portrait of Napoleon
[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard+ q% a6 h! u0 A: Q/ `
Jacques-Louis David: K5 r9 R+ Z, l' ]' `# z8 h) l- e
) |) g. r+ V/ }* A4 RThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801. 7 [0 X6 q8 ?; S5 n4 o% S# ?( i0 h: X5 |
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. ; M3 M4 C% p+ B' M9 v" k& Z! A1 X- o! m3 I+ F# U# a$ U/ R8 Y
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) n1 y, F0 T& s, X0 y: S http://www.26fun.com/attachment.php?aid=138556&checkid=708dc & C6 Z% F! P# j' C % \. _+ d, Q8 C7 M. Z* Z5 l/ [, |4 X# G[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]