cleopatra in art history: a reasonably in depth analysis of propaganda and its legacy (video essay) - Video

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Sources, alphabetical.

Historical:

Cassius Dio, Roman History Vol VI, multiple chapters, English: https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/cassius_dio/51*.html
Horace’s Ode to Cleopatra, Latin and English: https://www.pantheonpoets.com/poems/horaces-cleopatra-ode/
Plutarch, multiple chapters, available original and English: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0007%3Achapter%3D54


Modern / Non-Historical:

Chaucer’s Cleopatra, translated to modern English: https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/English/GoodWomen.php#anchor_Toc186791812
Crawford, Amy. Smithsonian Magazine. “Who Was Cleopatra?” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-cleopatra-151356013/
Dolan, Maria. “The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine.” Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/
Escolano-Poveda, Mariana. “Cleopatra VII: Scholar, Patron, Queen.” American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE). https://arce.org/resource/cleopatra-vii-scholar-patron-queen/
Reinhold, Meyer. “The Declaration of War Against Cleopatra.” The Classical Journal, Vol. 77, No. 2. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3296915
Schiff, Stacy. “Rehabilitating Cleopatra.” Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/rehabilitating-cleopatra-70613486/
Scott, Kenneth. “The Political Propaganda of 44-30 B. C.” Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome. https://www.jstor.org/stable/4238573
McKercher, Mary E, Richard A. Fazzini. “Egyptomania: Sphinxes, Obelisks, and Scarabs” Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Egyptomania-Sphinxes-Obelisks-and-Scarabs-1688349
Swain, Simon. “Cultural Interchange in Plutarch's "Antony” Quanderni Urbinati di Cultura Classica New Series, Vol. 34, No. 1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20547036
Peek, Cecilia M. “THE EXPULSION OF CLEOPATRA VII: CONTEXT, CAUSES, AND CHRONOLOGY” Ancient Society, Vol. 38. https://www.jstor.org/stable/44080264
Polygon, Assassin’s Creed Origin’s Promiscuous Cleopatra is Just Plain Wrong, https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/11/2/16593124/assassins-creed-origins-cleopatra


Organization and Timestamps
Intro (0:00-0:56)
Part I: History and Contemporary Views of Cleopatra (0:56-1:21)
Lineage (1:21-4:55)
Cleopatra (4:55-15:39)
The War Against Cleopatra (15:39-23:28)
Self-Image and Presentation (23:28-28:10)

Part II: Cleopatra Throughout Art History (28:10-28:38)
The Renaissance (28:38-36:10)
Baroque, Neoclassicism, and Romanticism (36:10-42:29)
Egyptomania (42:29-49:13)
The 20th Century (49:13-53:26)
Where are we now? (53:26-1:06:44)

Part III: The Secret Fourth Question (1:06:44-1:11:51)

related readings, not mentioned in video because it is outside of the necessary scope, but interesting!
Fitz, L. T. “Egyptian Queens and Male Reviewers: Sexist Attitudes in Antony and Cleopatra Criticism” Shakespeare Quarterly Vol. 28 No. 3. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2869080
Rose, Paul Lawrence. “The Politics of Antony and Cleopatra” Shakespeare Quarterly Vol. 20. No. 4. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2868534
Rocheleau, Caroline. “GOLDEN MUMMIES: RECKONING WITH COLONIALISM AND RACISM IN EGYPTOLOGY” North Carolina Museum of Art. https://ncartmuseum.org/golden-mummies-reckoning-with-colonialism-and-racism-in-egyptology/
Sharma, Sakshi. “Queen Cleopatra: A Masterclass In Reducing A Queen To A #GirlBosss” Feminism in India. https://feminisminindia.com/2023/05/25/queen-cleopatra-a-masterclass-in-reducing-a-queen-to-a-girlbosss/
Stuhr, Rebecca, Cheyenne Riehl. “Diversity in the Stacks: Ethnicity in the Ancient World” University of Pennsylvania Libraries. https://www.library.upenn.edu/news/diversity-stacks-ethnicity


Kandake Amanirenas
Mora, Kai. “The Nubian Queen Who Fought Back Caesar’s Army” History Channel. https://www.history.com/news/nubian-queen-amanirenas-roman-army