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Fabled for her sexual allure and cunning intelligence, Cleopatra VII of Egypt has fascinated generations of admirers and detractors since her tumultuous life ended in suicide in 30 B.C. The last of the Ptolemaic monarchs who had ruled Egypt for three centuries, Cleopatra created her own mythology. She became an icon in her own lifetime and a legend after her death.


This lavishly illustrated catalogue coincides with a major international exhibition celebrating images of Cleopatra. It explores how she was depicted during her own era, in works ranging from coins to life-size sculpture. Exciting new discoveries are featured--including seven Egyptian-style statues believed to represent Cleopatra, and two portraits probably commissioned while she was living in Rome with Julius Caesar. The book also examines interpretations of Cleopatra from the Renaissance to modern times, as seen in paintings, ceramics, jewelry, plays, operas, and film. In addition, recent archaeological finds from Alexandria (Cleopatra's capital) and from Rome illustrate aspects of life in Cleopatra's day.


EXHIBITION SCHEDULE:


http://www.palazzoruspoli.it Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome
October 12, 2000-February 25, 2001


http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk The British Museum, London
April 12-August 28, 2001


http://www.fmnh.org The Field Museum, Chicago
October 20, 2001-March 2, 2002

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• Index of lenders(p. 6)
• Foreword(p. 7)
• Preface(p. 8)
• Acknowledgments(p. 10)
• Maps(p. 11)
• I The Ptolemies and Alexandria(p. 13)
• 1 Sins of the fathers: the inheritance of Cleopatra, last queen of Egypt(p. 14)
• 2 Alexandria(p. 32)
• Catalogue Entries 1-152(p. 38)
• II Cleopatra, Lady of the Two Lands(p. 127)
• 3 Cleopatra's subtle religious strategy(p. 128)
• 4 Cleopatra's images: reflections of reality(p. 142)
• 5 Identifying the Egyptian-style Ptolemaic queens(p. 148)
• Catalogue Entries 153-193(p. 156)
• III Cleopatra and the Power of Rome(p. 189)
• 6 'Spoiling the Egyptians': Octavian and Cleopatra(p. 190)
• 7 Searching for Cleopatra's image: classical portraits in stone(p. 200)
• 8 Was Cleopatra beautiful? The conflicting answers of numismatics(p. 210)
• Catalogue Entries 194-323(p. 217)
• IV Egypt in Rome / The Myth of Cleopatra(p. 275)
• 9 Egyptian influences in Italy(p. 276)
• 10 Anything truth can do, we can do better: the Cleopatra legend(p. 290)
• 11 The myth of Cleopatra since the Renaissance(p. 302)
• Catalogue Entries 324-394(p. 312)
• Chronology(p. 370)
• Glossary(p. 371)
• Bibliography(p. 372)
• List of authors(p. 374)
• Concordance(p. 375)
• Photographic acknowledgements(p. 379)
• Index(p. 380)

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Library Journal Review

The British Museum's Walker and Higgs assembled a team of 39 international scholars to join them in the production of this lavish catalog for an exhibition that travels from the Palazzo Ruspoli in Rome to the British Museum to Chicago's Field Museum. The historical and legendary Cleopatra VII is brought to life through 394 objects from 35 museums and private collections in Africa, Europe, and North America. In addition to the catalog entries for each object, the background of Egypt's Ptolemaic Dynasty (323-30 B.C.E.), Cleopatra's turbulent reign, and her subsequent passage into myth are explored through 11 essays divided into four topical sections: "The Ptolemies and Alexandria," "Cleopatra, Lady of the Two Lands," "Cleopatra and the Power of Rome," and "Egypt in Rome/The Myth of Cleopatra." One controversial aspect of the exhibition is a corpus of Egyptian-style statues attributed to Cleopatra solely on the basis of stylistic elements. Enhanced by 625 illustrations (364 in color), a chronology, a glossary, an excellent bibliography, and a concordance of objects, this publication is suitable for public and academic libraries. Edward K. Werner, St. Lucie Cty. Lib. Syst., Ft. Pierce, FL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publishers Weekly Review

Was Egypt's last queen a female Machiavelli, a goddess, femme fatale or worse? Was she beautiful or woefully overrated? Cleopatra, who died in 30 B.C., has long had fantasy and slander directed at her, without anyone from beyond her time and place knowing what she looked like. Timed to coincide with a British Museum exhibit (which then travels to Rome and Chicago) Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth analyzes the ways the queen's image has changed from the Renaissance to the present. Edited by Susan Walker (Roman Art) and Peter Higgs, deputy keeper and curator, respectively, in the department of Greek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum, the book presents 364 color and 261 b&w illustrations of pieces from the exhibit, including jewelry, sculpture, ceramics, painting and mosaic. ( May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

CHOICE Review

This magnificent publication, the catalog of an exhibition to be shown successively at the Palazzo Ruspoli (Fondazione Memmo) in Rome, the British Museum, and the Field Museum, Chicago, features 11 scholarly but very readable essays and sumptuous photographs of the exhibits. It provides almost everything that the reader is likely to want to know about this celebrated figure. Cleopatra VII (51-30 BCE), a direct descendant of Alexander the Great's Macedonian general, Ptolemy I, was the last ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt. An ethnic Macedonian (with no known native Egyptian ancestry), she was a cultural product of that quintessentially Hellenistic city, Alexandria, although to her credit, her religious policies sought to assuage traditional Egyptian xenophobia. Her Hellenistic antecedents, however, make it wholly appropriate that both of the catalog's editors are classical scholars rather than Egyptologists. Walker is deputy keeper and Higgs is curator in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities of the British Museum.) This beautiful book and its accessible text will appeal to specialists and nonspecialists alike. All collections. G. R. G. Hambly University of Texas at Dallas

Booklist Review

This sumptuously illustrated catalog attempts to demythologize the historical legend of Cleopatra. Designed to complement the current international retrospective of Cleopatra images, put together by the British Museum, the written text, although informative, plays a secondary role to the photographs of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, jewelry, pottery, and coins featured in the exhibition. The essays provided include, among others, a brief introduction to Cleopatra's history and family lineage, a speculative review of her religious strategy, a lively debate concerning her feminine beauty, a discussion of her impact on Rome and the Roman Empire's impact on Egypt, and an overview of Cleopatra's shifting historical and cultural image from the Renaissance through the modern era. This browsable homage to one of the most intriguing figures in all of antiquity will be a welcome addition to most Egyptology collections. --Margaret Flanagan

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Susan Walker is Deputy Keeper in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum. She is the author of Roman Art and Greek and Roman Portraits and the coauthor of Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt.
Peter Higgs is Curator in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum, with a specialized interest in the collections of later Classical and Hellenistic Greek sculpture