portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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( [* i3 G' f; @; w) x0 cThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.
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3 H1 V. e* u; N* V- f8 TLike 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.$ o; q9 u$ m% @2 [/ x
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[ 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:
! N# |; I; |0 g, ~0 V7 E 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含! E+ v$ K: u1 g
有'呸傷'/ Q1 o( j& e. }* Z3 d  R$ e  L$ C
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british