#cleopatra
Cleopatra (c.1663). Cesare Gennari (Italian, 1637-1688). Oil on canvas.
Cesare moved to Bologna in 1643 on his uncle Guercino’s instigation, moving into the latter’s home and entering his workshop with his painter brother Benedetto Gennari. This painting was executed by Cesare in the workshop, however, some critics suggested that Guercino may have had a hand in its execution.
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“The one thing that it was impossible to ever forget when you were with Elizabeth Taylor, was that you were with Elizabeth Taylor… She was smart and funny and beautiful. And sexy. Very, very sexy. Sexually she was every man’s dream; she had the face of an angel and the morals of a truck driver.” (Eddie Fisher)
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“Cleo” by Lawrence Wright; directed by Bob Balaban - a comedy about the titanic love affair between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton during the filming of 1963’s Cleopatra that created a worldwide scandal.
Lisa Birnbaum as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Short as Richard Burton
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![HISTORY MEME: [1/9] KINGS/QUEENS: Cleopatra» Cleopatra VII Philopator (69 – August 12, 30 BC), known](https://64.media.tumblr.com/6e4706897b798db3b6a415613e7c33ce/tumblr_ohjgrc8ift1shyzaio1_500.png "HISTORY MEME: [1/9] KINGS/QUEENS: Cleopatra» Cleopatra VII Philopator (69 – August 12, 30 BC), known")
![HISTORY MEME: [1/9] KINGS/QUEENS: Cleopatra» Cleopatra VII Philopator (69 – August 12, 30 BC), known](https://64.media.tumblr.com/481e43f5a548efe82a14a0ba62a4a878/tumblr_n3ig9kVh0X1qltjtho1_640.jpg "HISTORY MEME: [1/9] KINGS/QUEENS: Cleopatra» Cleopatra VII Philopator (69 – August 12, 30 BC), known")
HISTORY MEME: [1/9] KINGS/QUEENS: Cleopatra
» Cleopatra VII Philopator (69 – August 12, 30 BC), known to history simply as Cleopatra, was the last active pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, briefly survived as pharaoh by her son Caesarion. After her reign, Egypt became a province of the recently established Roman Empire. [more]
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Has anyone seen the meme floating around that claims that Julius Caesar nicknamed Cleopatra “golden mouthed” because of her oral sex skills? Also that Cleopatra was called “meriochane” in ancient Greek supposedly meaning “she who gapes for 10,000 men”?
Both of these claims sound like complete BS and I haven’t been able to find a single citation to back them up.
*Also someone should tell the 4th century CE theologian John Chrysostom (“golden mouthed”) about his name.
IconicTheda Barain Cleopatra (1918) her most famous film, after which her career started to decline rather quickly. Some scholars believe that Bara herself was responsible for creating the stunning costumes.
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VAMPVALESKA SURATT, 1910s
After the great success of Theda Bara, other vamps were signed at the studios, ensuing the vamp craze.Suratt, who appeared in “only” 11 films (all of them lost) was some sort of early clotheshorse, wearing ultra-elaborate costumes and jewerly. She was known as the Empress of Fashion, so much so, that in one of her films, she allegedly wore more than 150 costumes, to an enormous expense.
Worth to mention is that Cleopatra (1963) holds the record for most costume changes in the history of the big screen, about 64 changes.
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