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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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It's true that Cleopatra wasn't very conventionally beautiful (though I doubt she was actually ugly), but she was so intelligent and she was charming and when she talked those traits shone through and that's what the men fell in love with!
My only nit is that the fabric of her outfit looks too much like modern polyblend bed-linen. Greek and Roman tunics were thin and 100% organic, and fell in narrow pleats; this allowed it to cling to the figure (much like Rachel Weisz's costume in AGORA [link]).
BTW Cleo looks a bit like Carrie Fisher. I find that strangely appropriate somehow...
I understand what you mean about the "clingy-ness" Greek and Roman tunics, but I don't know how practical that would have been in the Egyptian climate- native clothing from earlier periods was typically light and flowing to help with the heat.
I only saw AGORA once several years ago, but recently I've been craving to see it again. Although it was several hundred years after Cleopatra's time, I guess the clothing would still have some similar qualities (Alexandria was basically the fashion capital of the world in its time).
I know what you mean about Hellenistic sculpture (I was an art history minor in college); it was characterized by a dynamism and sense of movement absent from earlier Classical pieces. There's actually a piece at the Metropolitan Museum that illustrates the point very well [link].