portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
6 `8 W. j. D' s( i' bJacques-Louis David
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, _  E7 a6 Y# [1 M  `  o4 KThis painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.. Q" l4 _2 A+ d0 t! @

& Z4 V8 Y1 t8 [3 g! C5 HLike 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.! ]9 V8 p' X2 K9 i
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) `/ o7 E  P( m9 @[ 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
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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
  O7 t% _2 l9 z+ ` 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含
: A  b# I7 m' B1 d5 F6 ~有'呸傷'
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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british