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Scylla Rhiadra Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Almost finished my Shakespeare's Women series. Which is a good thing, as it opens in 2 weeks. Cleopatra. It's pretty much impossible not to talk about Shakespeare's Cleopatra in terms of her powerful and, in the more traditional view, dangerously toxic, sexuality. I've tried to give it a more positive spin here. I should add a quick word about my decision to depict Cleo as a black woman. There is some evidence that Cleopatra, although by heritage largely Greek, had a great deal of Egyptian or Sub-Sarahan black in her. The Ptolemaic dynasty had ruled Egypt, after all, for over two and a half centuries. On balance, it seems probable that she was darker of complexion, at least, than contemporary Greeks and Macedonians. But that's not the reason I've chosen to represent Cleopatra as black. My focus is on a sort of reading of Shakespeare's character, rather than the historical Queen of Egypt, and Shakespeare's text refers to Cleopatra as "dark" or "tawny" on a few occasions. More to the point, though, she is made to represent a dangerously alien and "exotic" set of values that contrasts with Rome's, and making her black underlines the sense of her "otherness" in the context of the play. 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cirleen Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 16 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: Almost finished my Shakespeare's Women series. Which is a good thing, as it opens in 2 weeks. Cleopatra. It's pretty much impossible not to talk about Shakespeare's Cleopatra in terms of her powerful and, in the more traditional view, dangerously toxic, sexuality. I've tried to give it a more positive spin here. I should add a quick word about my decision to depict Cleo as a black woman. There is some evidence that Cleopatra, although by heritage largely Greek, had a great deal of Egyptian or Sub-Sarahan black in her. The Ptolemaic dynasty had ruled Egypt, after all, for over two and a half centuries. On balance, it seems probable that she was darker of complexion, at least, than contemporary Greeks and Macedonians. But that's not the reason I've chosen to represent Cleopatra as black. My focus is on a sort of reading of Shakespeare's character, rather than the historical Queen of Egypt, and Shakespeare's text refers to Cleopatra as "dark" or "tawny" on a few occasions. More to the point, though, she is made to represent a dangerously alien and "exotic" set of values that contrasts with Rome's, and making her black underlines the sense of her "otherness" in the context of the play. @Scylla Rhiadra Your picture and your reasoning behind it are awesome. I just now told Bill to get a copy of it on your opening day. Cleopatra looks so sweet, but there seems to be a sword on the floor. It's so much more ladylike than sitting on a submachinegun on a submarine. Us 80's girl's, you know? 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 50 minutes ago, cirleen said: @Scylla Rhiadra Your picture and your reasoning behind it are awesome. I just now told Bill to get a copy of it on your opening day. Cleopatra looks so sweet, but there seems to be a sword on the floor. It's so much more ladylike than sitting on a submachinegun on a submarine. Us 80's girl's, you know? Pffft. Machine guns are soooooo passé. Check out TikTok. ALL the influencers are tossing around pila these days. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cirleen Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: Pffft. Machine guns are soooooo passé. Check out TikTok. ALL the influencers are tossing around pila these days. Javelins. So you're a 90's girl. 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 1 minute ago, cirleen said: Javelins. So you're a 90's girl. Touché! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cirleen Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: Touché! But isn't this way more fun? Edited August 27, 2023 by cirleen 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlammedSam Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Going for a sort of late summer/early autumn vibe. 😃 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conifer Dada Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) Not today, but yesterday 😁 I posted this on another less popular thread but this is the one I intended it to be on. Edited August 27, 2023 by Conifer Dada 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eddy Vortex Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Poor Eddy suffers from the middle child syndrome. I hardly log them in for picture projects anymore. 3 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CherryChantal Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 Was experimenting with the new SL Starter Avatar SENRA JAMIE. Added another Skin, shape, Hair, green Eyes and Makeup … quite happy with the result 🙂 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leora Greenwood Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 2 hours ago, SabrinaCooke said: I keep getting vibes of Dorothy on the Yellow Brick Road............ Just lovely! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValKalAstra Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 https://www.flickr.com/photos/191119559@N02/53144480642/in/dateposted-public/ An experiment in particle effects (and being a numbskull and forgetting to switch back from the PBR Client). 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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