In Vanity Fair Magazine of February 2009 were a series of photos from Cate Blanchett, who is posing as a actress in different roles.
The pose and exotic costume reminds of countless odalisques in art. But even more of Theda Bara in the film Cleopatra from 1917.
But already this film got its inspirations and its images from history paintings of its time. There are a lot of Cleopatra paintings in this time. I will only show this from the Austrian painter Hans Makart (1840-1884).
The Death of Cleopatra (1875)
The pose and exotic costume reminds of countless odalisques in art. But even more of Theda Bara in the film Cleopatra from 1917.
But already this film got its inspirations and its images from history paintings of its time. There are a lot of Cleopatra paintings in this time. I will only show this from the Austrian painter Hans Makart (1840-1884).
The Death of Cleopatra (1875)