The Death of Cleopatra
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| Beginning with the [[Renaissance]] and continuing into later centuries individual artists, as well as artistic movements (e.g. [[Romanticism]], [[Decadent movement|Decandatism]]), have demonstrated a veritable passion for and derived much inspiration from Cleopatra's suicide; among the most well known pictorial iterations of Cleopatra's [[suicide]] are [[Guido Cagnacci|Cagnacci's]] ''[[Death of Cleopatra]]'' (1658) and [[Jean-André Rixens|Rixens's]] work of the same name (1874). A work that may have inspired Rixen's painting is [[Theophile Gautier|Gautier's]] story ''[[Une Nuit de Cléopâtre]]'' (1838), which includes a [[fantasy|fantastic]]—and an undisguisedly [[fetish]]istic—description of the Egyptian queen's body ''post-mortem''. Other renditions include paintings by [[Reginald Arthur]], [[Augustin Hirschvogel]], the aforementioned [[Guido Cagnacci]], [[Johann Liss]], [[John William Waterhouse]] and [[Jean-André Rixens]]. | Beginning with the [[Renaissance]] and continuing into later centuries individual artists, as well as artistic movements (e.g. [[Romanticism]], [[Decadent movement|Decandatism]]), have demonstrated a veritable passion for and derived much inspiration from Cleopatra's suicide; among the most well known pictorial iterations of Cleopatra's [[suicide]] are [[Guido Cagnacci|Cagnacci's]] ''[[Death of Cleopatra]]'' (1658) and [[Jean-André Rixens|Rixens's]] work of the same name (1874). A work that may have inspired Rixen's painting is [[Theophile Gautier|Gautier's]] story ''[[Une Nuit de Cléopâtre]]'' (1838), which includes a [[fantasy|fantastic]]—and an undisguisedly [[fetish]]istic—description of the Egyptian queen's body ''post-mortem''. Other renditions include paintings by [[Reginald Arthur]], [[Augustin Hirschvogel]], the aforementioned [[Guido Cagnacci]], [[Johann Liss]], [[John William Waterhouse]] and [[Jean-André Rixens]]. | ||
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Beginning with the Renaissance and continuing into later centuries individual artists, as well as artistic movements (e.g. Romanticism, Decandatism), have demonstrated a veritable passion for and derived much inspiration from Cleopatra's suicide; among the most well known pictorial iterations of Cleopatra's suicide are Cagnacci's Death of Cleopatra (1658) and Rixens's work of the same name (1874). A work that may have inspired Rixen's painting is Gautier's story Une Nuit de Cléopâtre (1838), which includes a fantastic—and an undisguisedly fetishistic—description of the Egyptian queen's body post-mortem. Other renditions include paintings by Reginald Arthur, Augustin Hirschvogel, the aforementioned Guido Cagnacci, Johann Liss, John William Waterhouse and Jean-André Rixens.
