Cléopâtre l'Égyptienne. Occident 2 engravings in the text

2 engravings in the text

The College (part of the building of which still exists in Leuven) was inaugurated in September 1518

he takes a position on the new trends in the interpretation of dialogues

la vie des pèlerins à al-'Ulâ

reveals to the general public all the power and influence of Flemish Baroque

Cléopâtre l'Égyptienne. Occident 2 engravings in the textThe story of Cleopatra VII, Greek queen and female pharaoh, has been based primarily, since Antiquity, on literary sources that present her in a negative light, as an "Egyptian," which devalued her both as a "barbarian" and as a woman. This ideological discourse, which reproduced the propaganda of the victor, Octavian Augustus, must be compared with historical documents from Cleopatra's Egypt: papyri, inscriptions, archaeological and iconographic