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Product Type: Exclusive. McFarlane Toys proudly collects three of our most seductive and dangerous female action figures in a special-edition boxed set. McFarlane’s Monsters: Femmes Fatales includes characters from three separate assortments — The Twisted Land of Oz, Six Faces of Madness and Twisted Fairy Tales — along with their ...
- Helen of Troy. While she is also occasionally known as Helen of Argos or Helen of Sparta, it is the Trojan War that secured Helen of Troy’s lasting infamy.
- Clytemnestra. Though not considered quite as beautiful, Helen of Troy’s sister, Clytemnestra, is widely portrayed as far more actively evil. Where Helen disobeyed Menelaus (be it wilfully or unwillingly), Clytemnestra killed her husband, Agamemnon, Menelaus’ brother.
- Circe. The daughter of Helios, the god of the sun, and Perse, an Oceanid nymph, Circe was a minor goddess, though she is perhaps more famous as an enchantress.
- Scylla. The earliest surviving text to mention Scylla is Homer’s Odyssey, in which she is depicted as a monster who kills six of Odysseus’ men as they attempt to make their way back to Ithaca.
- Bettie Page
- Joanna Hiffernan
- Wallis Simpson
- Marchesa Luisa Casati
- Cleopatra VII Philopator
- #6 Isadora Duncan
- Mary I, Queen of England
- Mae West
- Lady Godiva
Imagine the world without Madonna’s enchantment with bondage gear or her provocative book entitled “Sex”. Then, imagine the world without Rihanna’s obsession with all things leather or the iconic picture of Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction. That’s just a tiny portion of what the world would not have if it wasn’t for Bettie Page, the so-called “Queen of ...
Back in the day, artists’ models, especially those who posed nude, were considered little better than prostitutes. When it comes to the name of Joanna Hiffernan, she might well have outstood all her fellow models. Born in Ireland, Hiffernan got involved with the American painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler. The artist’s family did not approve of ...
Wallis Simpson was an American socialite, born in 1896 and who had died in 1986. She was first married to a US naval officer, Win Spencer, but eventually the marriage ended in divorce. Wallis then went for a second marriage, with a British shipping executive, Ernest Simpson. Allegedly, around the time of this second marriage, she also became involv...
An Italian heiress and muse, Marchesa Luisa Casati lived exactly the way she preached, or as her famous saying goes: “I want to be a living work of art.” Throughout her life, she never ceased to enchant the hearts of her European contemporaries. A femme fatale living in the first half of the 20th century, Marchesa was an astounding and extravagant ...
Cleopatra is most likely one of the most famous ruler of the ancient Egypt, and among the most famous female rulers in the history of the world. As the last active ruler of ancient Egypt, she was survived as a pharaoh, for a very short period of time, by her son Caesarion (the nickname meaning “Little Caesar”). Once her reign was through, Egypt bec...
Although born in California, Isadora Duncan spent most of her adulthood in Western Europe and the Soviet Union. Her life ended abruptly and much too soon, but she has remained one of the world’s most renowned and important dancers. This woman broke rules, subverted traditions, and reimagined dance as a form of sacred art. Duncan brought a particula...
Probably the first thing to pop up in your mind when somebody says “Bloody Mary” is the lavish cocktail made with vodka, tomato juice and combinations of various spices. However, before the cocktail came to prominence, it was Mary I, Queen of England and Ireland who was the real “Bloody Mary”. She reigned the British Isles from 1553 until her death...
She was one of the most iconic American figures of early-days Hollywood, and her career as an actress, singer, playwright, and comedian spanned over seven decades. Aside from that, Mae West was a sex symbol of the era. Double entendres overwhelmed the scripts she produced, for which she was frequently censored. West became famous in New York even b...
Last but not least, according to legend, Lady Godiva rode naked on a horse through the streets of Coventry, her body covered only by her long beautiful hair she wor. The legend of this fabulous nude ride first emerged during the 13th-century. According to the common version of the story, Lady Godiva took pity on the citizens of Coventry who were gr...
Jan 31, 2023 · 31 January 2023. By Cath Pound,Features correspondent. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Photo: Elke Walford. Three new exhibitions explore how the femme fatale in art reflects evolving anxieties,...
René Ostberg. Femme fatale, a seductive and beautiful woman who brings disaster to anyone with whom she becomes romantically involved. The femme fatale is an archetype that appears throughout history in mythology, art, and literature and became a principal character in the hard-boiled detective novels and.
The femme fatale was a common figure in the European Middle Ages, often portraying the dangers of unbridled female sexuality. The pre-medieval inherited biblical figure of Eve offers an example, as does the wicked, seductive enchantress typified in Morgan le Fay .
Dec 9, 2023 · There are many strong and powerful women, or femme fatales, who became known for their ruthlessness and cunning ways in Greek mythology, such as Circe, Clytemnestra, and Medea. These women were powerful and often deadly forces despite the fact that Greek mythology is filled with references to strong men who conquered kingdoms, fought for their ...
