portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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3 [2 Z2 ^: p) w9 K8 Y$ h2 G2 {& |This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.. ~7 _; l7 j, ~! V6 j* j7 B. u

% }9 V' |+ n2 T  j7 gLike 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.
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" C2 e" @9 B  I" S[ 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3 n5 T# S7 I& G+ u1 c0 ~% i
有'呸傷'
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:# [+ G5 r9 A, ~* k" n; W4 b
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含2 l! c2 B- Z  G! C2 v+ T
有'呸傷'
  h2 D4 [5 ~9 q! f4 ]7 W/ u, \即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british