portrait of Napoleon

tai1980

[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard9 `0 r  _9 N2 C0 h. r9 i
Jacques-Louis David
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/ e& D5 N( e; M* I( i* r4 vThis 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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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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[ 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/ t) I. v0 a' `) x
有'呸傷'
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
- n& `6 s$ s) w. b 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