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Signs of Cleopatra : reading an icon historically /
Cleopatra's story has the status of a foundation myth. As such, artists of all periods have drawn on it in order to raise questions concerned with the world in which they found themselves living. This study chooses a number of key occasions from European history on which writers and painters re...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Liverpool] :
Liverpool University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Cleopatra's story has the status of a foundation myth. As such, artists of all periods have drawn on it in order to raise questions concerned with the world in which they found themselves living. This study chooses a number of key occasions from European history on which writers and painters re-imagined Cleopatra, taking the reader on an intellectual treasure hunt through the ages. In addition, by restoring these works to their original context the author opens up unexpected new readings of images and texts that had previously appeared to be self-explanatory. |
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| Notas: | This edition previously issued in print: Exeter: University of Exeter Press, 2008. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781781380727 1781380724 |