portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard& v, R% l, d) S6 F( _' z4 A
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' _+ ]$ A1 ]7 g. `( h- v" e8 D. QThis 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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0 L8 c- W+ D/ o. U- dLike 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.+ n' l" O4 h: w- n( C' I
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[ 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:3 D) L' K5 ~* Z
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含2 F; i- D$ C, |$ ~/ e
有'呸傷'( d! y$ e0 H9 k% \$ j- V
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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: `7 k, l0 y7 H& V; E* R) T- r; |u are right , his food was poisoned by the british