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WILLIAM WETMORE STORY. Cleopatra
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Titre: Cleopatra
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Cleopatra. Artist: William Wetmore Story (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1819-1895 Vallombrosa). Dimensions: 55 1/2 x 33 1/4 x 51 1/2 in. (141 x 84.5 x 130.8 cm). Date: 1858, carved 1869. Neoclassical sculptors often drew upon mythology, history, the Bible, and literature for their subject matter. "Cleopatra" exemplifies Story's penchant for depicting famous--or infamous--personalities from history as they contemplate past deeds or forthcoming actions of cataclysmic significance. Here, Cleopatra (69-30 B.C.), the last Macedonian ruler of Egypt, meditates suicide; the asp curled around her left arm predicts her death from its venomous bite. Story rendered his figures on a monumental scale and paid meticulous attention to archaeological exactitude in their props and costumes. Cleopatra wears the "nemes," or royal headcloth, topped with the "uraeus," or cobra headdress.
Cleopatra. Artist: William Wetmore Story (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1819-1895 Vallombrosa). Dimensions: 55 1/2 x 33 1/4 x 51 1/2 in. (141 x 84.5 x 130.8 cm). Date: 1858, carved 1869. Neoclassical sculptors often drew upon mythology, history, the Bible, and literature for their subject matter. "Cleopatra" exemplifies Story's penchant for depicting famous--or infamous--personalities from history as they contemplate past deeds or forthcoming actions of cataclysmic significance. Here, Cleopatra (69-30 B.C.), the last Macedonian ruler of Egypt, meditates suicide; the asp curled around her left arm predicts her death from its venomous bite. Story rendered his figures on a monumental scale and paid meticulous attention to archaeological exactitude in their props and costumes. Cleopatra wears the "nemes," or royal headcloth, topped with the "uraeus," or cobra headdress.
Technique/matériel: Marble
Musée: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédit: Album
Taille de l'image: 3276 × 4094 px | 38.4 MB
Taille d'impression: 27.7 × 34.7 cm | 1289.8 × 1611.8 in (300 dpi)
