portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard5 j+ A6 X  L! {+ u5 X! c, w8 L
Jacques-Louis David
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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.# f4 ^6 q4 f7 q& [) Z$ d% h2 c# ^
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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." h% B. f" }; K
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  \8 ?) z2 M6 i! }[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

月月鳥

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
1 j8 x1 r& m/ U' l$ ?: N6 c; I9 Q 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含7 L8 z' x+ w0 E* |( G
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

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9 O2 [$ m) r4 \  Z2 }9 ]* mu are right , his food was poisoned by the british