portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
% r+ c8 b. o9 [& f9 p% O& o. oJacques-Louis David, }2 g2 E2 F7 a9 a  U; A8 |
) }# g& f9 w+ h+ s
This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.+ ~, z' c' J; j7 d: Y
8 n3 g, u$ k3 @" y# G5 n/ c% J
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.( g- Y7 D) p- T$ I7 X- C
  L. a: ?  \9 R% b8 I" }
# _: k: U8 }6 g" q0 ^

; `' p2 p( I1 n5 j% ihttp://www.26fun.com/attachment.php?aid=138556&checkid=708dc; n8 V; `0 W5 Z9 M- d

! r5 R+ ^1 v, U% Q1 ?( {) @5 R[ 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; N: S/ ~$ s, a3 M
有'呸傷'
/ p$ w. J' C9 l! a! C) d! `- m即係拿破倫ng係病死

tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:+ Y! M, c$ ~* ]2 y  N! @( O
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含6 h# \% H% |/ D9 [* \
有'呸傷'
" Y; F) t" w( n9 p0 h即係拿破倫ng係病死

2 L8 n& R! P! a. q0 |$ E( M2 E
! ~3 F* m2 B; _% ?+ o/ ^& U, ?& R" ~
u are right , his food was poisoned by the british