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re: Why are there so many paintings of Napoleon?
Posted on 12/9/23 at 1:42 pm to BigPerm30
Posted on 12/9/23 at 1:42 pm to BigPerm30
quote:Not true. Short is relative. He was 5'6 1/2" tall. The average height back in his day was 5'5" so he was considered tall.
He was a short baw so it didn’t take long to paint him.
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Posted on 12/9/23 at 1:47 pm to Run up middle
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Because he’s short and doesn’t take as much paint
He really wasn’t that short. He was around 5’6”. That was around the average height in France at that time (unlike the OT average of 6’4”).
Posted on 12/9/23 at 2:11 pm to prplhze2000
Good question, though I never thought I would see it on hete
Posted on 12/9/23 at 2:23 pm to prplhze2000
He was the Taylor Swift of the 19th century.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 2:42 pm to prplhze2000
GOAT European warlord
Posted on 12/9/23 at 3:05 pm to prplhze2000
anyone seen the Napoleon movie? worth the watch?
Posted on 12/9/23 at 3:06 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Tony soprano
Posted on 12/9/23 at 3:07 pm to prplhze2000
He keeps feeling himself up?
Posted on 12/9/23 at 3:11 pm to prplhze2000
He ruled over a pretty large part of the world.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 3:28 pm to prplhze2000
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Why are there so many paintings of Napoleon?
Because he was arguably the greatest warrior-statesman who ever lived.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 5:06 pm to LSU Tigerhead
bruh napoleon was hella short
Posted on 12/9/23 at 5:15 pm to Porpus
quote:he wasn’t for the time
bruh napoleon was hella short
British painters who hated him painted him as a midget basically as propaganda and it stuck because the Brits won
Posted on 12/9/23 at 5:16 pm to Porpus
5’7” ish was average for the time
He surrounded himself with very large guards.. and they referenced him as small but in a fashion that did not result in them getting their heads taken off
A side comment….if in Paris go see his tomb.. it will be clear he was the ruler of the world (sorta)
He surrounded himself with very large guards.. and they referenced him as small but in a fashion that did not result in them getting their heads taken off
A side comment….if in Paris go see his tomb.. it will be clear he was the ruler of the world (sorta)
Posted on 12/9/23 at 5:19 pm to TigrrrDad
quote:
He really wasn’t that short. He was around 5’6”. That was around the average height in France at that time (unlike the OT average of 6’4”).
Our Spanish and French heritage lets you know this is a lie.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:15 pm to prplhze2000
Because cameras didn’t exist yet.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:22 pm to Ghost of Colby
When Napoleon conquered Egypt, he arranged to spend the night alone in the burial chamber inside the Great Pyramid. In the morning, he emerged pale and refused to speak about it. Years later on his deathbed, Napoleon's doctor asked him what he had seen. Napoleon started to say something, then murmured "never mind, no one would believe it."
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:25 pm to prplhze2000
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Was looking for a particular one
The one where he beat his Bonaparte?
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:33 pm to prplhze2000
Looking back I realize how hard the propaganda machine has been working and for how long. Dude was a legend and a hero but history paints him as an arse with a complex cause he’s short.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:38 pm to prplhze2000
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:45 pm to prplhze2000
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Why are there so many paintings of Napoleon?
Didn't require much paint or time.
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