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Cleopatra: Histories, Dreams and Distortions.
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The Economist (US)
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March 17, 1990
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CLEOPATRA: HISTORIES, DREAMS AND DISTORTIONS
FOR a fancy-dress ball in Venice in 1951, Lady Diana Cooper copied the costume of Tiepolo's Cleopatra; Cecil Beaton photographed her, and she put the picture in her passport. Thus a famous beauty crossed modern frontiers as a baroque blonde vision of an ancient queen. This odd face, coming near the end of Lucy Hughes-Hallett's book, is unsurprising. Cleopatra has been used and abused for centuries.
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