{"product_id":"i-was-cleopatra","title":"I Was Cleopatra","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne-of-one oil ink monotype on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLegion Stonehenge 250 gsm paper, mounted to a compositional gold leaf-gilded wood cradle. 11\" x 15\" unframed (compositional gold-leaf wooden cradle). Ready to hang.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eI Was Cleopatra\u003c\/strong\u003e looks to the historical Cleopatra VII: a polyglot, a strategist, and an active political actor navigating the collapse of her world. Her legacy reaches us filtered through Roman propaganda and later Western literature, recast as exotic, erotic, and excessive—remembered more for spectacle than for governance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe title draws from Cleopatra by The Lumineers, whose lyrics describe a woman once desired and performing a role, now recalling who she was from a distance. That sense of being misremembered or reduced echoes Cleopatra’s own passage into history. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eModeled after Henri Joseph dit Daniel Ducommun’s marble Cleopâtre, this work holds softness and intellect in balance: a relaxed nude repose paired with quiet symbols of knowledge and strategy—a guiding star and a shield-like seat—suggesting a mind at work even in stillness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eI was Cleopatra, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eI was taller than the rafters \u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eBut that's all in the past now, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003egone with the wind\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Stavisky Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47877245272278,"sku":null,"price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/0358\/3190\/files\/I_Was_Cleopatra.png?v=1772072488","url":"https:\/\/staviskystudio.com\/products\/i-was-cleopatra","provider":"Stavisky Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}