標題: portrait of Napoleon [打印本頁] 作者: tai1980 時間: 2005-3-3 06:34 AM 標題: portrait of Napoleon
[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard / n0 q( n# L. e. j; A7 {% [% @0 UJacques-Louis David; C8 U3 |( y. V0 f% C/ r7 ~, h. i% C# Z
4 d" t. z2 y' u1 p HThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801. ' T0 p, R9 W1 j/ D 5 F, I, l: Z4 t8 _! f& k! RLike 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.; m5 s$ `) f" M5 w
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