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Cleopatra and Rome / Diana E. E. Kleiner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674039667
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 932/.021/092 22
LOC classification:
  • N5763.K58 2009
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Prologue: From Carpet to Asp -- 1. Cleopatra Superstar -- 2. The Major Players -- 3. The Supporting Cast -- 4. The Professionals -- 5. Cleopatra Architecta -- 6. Alexandria on the Tiber -- 7. Living the Inimitable Life -- 8. Ersatz Alexanders in Egypt and Rome -- 9. “Queen of Kings”: Cleopatra Thea Neotera -- 10. Even Death Won’t Part Us Now -- 11. Egyptomania! -- 12. Divine Alter Egos -- 13. A Roman Pharaoh and a Roman Emperor -- 14. Rome on the Tiber -- 15. Death, Dynasty, and a Roman Dendera -- 16. Competing with Cleopatra on Coins -- 17. Princesses and Power Hair -- 18. Regina Romana -- 19. From Asp to Eternity -- Annexes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: In this beautifully illustrated book, we experience the synthesis of Cleopatra's and Rome's defining moments through surviving works of art and other remnants of what was once an opulent material culture. This culture best chronicles Cleopatra's legend and suggests her subtle but indelible mark on the art of imperial Rome at the critical moment of its inception.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Prologue: From Carpet to Asp -- 1. Cleopatra Superstar -- 2. The Major Players -- 3. The Supporting Cast -- 4. The Professionals -- 5. Cleopatra Architecta -- 6. Alexandria on the Tiber -- 7. Living the Inimitable Life -- 8. Ersatz Alexanders in Egypt and Rome -- 9. “Queen of Kings”: Cleopatra Thea Neotera -- 10. Even Death Won’t Part Us Now -- 11. Egyptomania! -- 12. Divine Alter Egos -- 13. A Roman Pharaoh and a Roman Emperor -- 14. Rome on the Tiber -- 15. Death, Dynasty, and a Roman Dendera -- 16. Competing with Cleopatra on Coins -- 17. Princesses and Power Hair -- 18. Regina Romana -- 19. From Asp to Eternity -- Annexes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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In this beautifully illustrated book, we experience the synthesis of Cleopatra's and Rome's defining moments through surviving works of art and other remnants of what was once an opulent material culture. This culture best chronicles Cleopatra's legend and suggests her subtle but indelible mark on the art of imperial Rome at the critical moment of its inception.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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