portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard! j& Z/ d* ]% q- x# b0 A9 K& P
Jacques-Louis David
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* f! D0 \7 o1 ?+ CThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801./ a9 z$ m" w$ P7 Y: 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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! m" `/ `+ r) N[ 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" T7 L* }" z- A3 |& F0 O5 q
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:* X. |) F% r+ i/ A1 u, V3 K
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

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british