portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard, i- w  l4 S4 s; i8 w8 H% n' R/ d
Jacques-Louis David
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9 g& [% n4 i# g1 l: rThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.! g- c6 u4 g" W. t& t0 b2 t
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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.
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3 [; |. [8 f5 r' F  `7 X[ 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
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即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
9 D$ R6 e* u# Q% D! W0 N6 k. G1 g 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
! o6 V4 l$ Y3 L+ @/ F% c* q有'呸傷'
# e! b; H& U9 L4 W: O' H即係拿破倫ng係病死

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* p4 }7 t$ L$ ?3 ou are right , his food was poisoned by the british