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
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This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801. _6 \' v' m2 m* A 5 r [3 T; e* D' ^8 SLike 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. 2 D, F; @1 a% H' o9 s$ { % o a' Y# D. n' c7 t1 \' V; k8 K- F" }2 u
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