portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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. p0 y6 F3 \7 s0 c" Y. jThis 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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6 \+ j% H. T$ j2 ^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

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:( D+ B6 M7 t* y7 |' P9 k
我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含* R' c$ C/ G: e  j3 t
有'呸傷', e4 j; I% q* R$ k8 _# W
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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' q2 T# D% B6 m: w5 K% ~# k2 Tu are right , his food was poisoned by the british