In 1800, napoleon led his reserve army across the alps into italy to fight austrian forces that had laid siege to genoa. although genoa had fallen by the time napoleon had reached it, the crossing led to a series of important military victories for napoleon.

review the two paintings of napoleon. how does each present napoleon as a leader? use specific details from the paintings to explain these differences.

The paintings depicting Napoleon across the Alps were painted by Jacques-Louis David and Paul Delaroche and each depicts Napoleon in very different ways.

David's painting shows Napoleon imposing, unbeatable, victorious, haughty and covered with energy. In this painting, Napoleon is on his horse squandering with liveliness, safety and an enviable high esteem. When we look at David's painting, we get the impression that Napoleon was a tireless and strong leader with no weaknesses.

On the other hand, in Delaroche's painting we have a different view of Napoleon. In this painting, Napoleon is sitting on his horse in a common way, looks like a tired citizen without much liveliness or courage. When we look at this painting, we get the feeling that, despite being a great leader, Napoleon also felt tiredness, hunger, pain and all the other problems that any human being goes through.

In this painting, he seems to be a more humane leader and susceptible to any problem.