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Medusa (Greek mythology) --- Gorgons (Greek mythology) --- Gorgons (Greek mythology). --- Medusa (Greek mythology). --- Rezeption. --- Künste. --- Medusa.

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Medusa (Greek mythology). --- Medusa (Greek mythology) --- Gorgons (Greek mythology) --- Mythology, Greek

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Benvenuto Cellini’s Perseus and Medusa , one of Renaissance Italy’s most complex sculptures, is the subject of this study, which proposes that the statue’s androgynous appearance is paradoxical. Symbolizing the male ruler overcoming a female adversary, the Perseus legitimizes patriarchal power; but the physical similarity between Cellini’s characters suggests the hero rose through female agency. Dr. Corretti argues that although not a surrogate for powerful Medici women, Cellini’s Medusa may have reminded viewers that Cosimo I de’ Medici’s power stemmed in part from maternal influence. Drawing upon a vast body of art and literature, Dr. Corretti concludes that Cellini and his contemporaries knew the Gorgon as a version of the Earth Mother, whose image is found in art for Medici women.

Gorgons (Greek mythology) in art. --- Art --- Political aspects --- Cellini, Benvenuto, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Florence (Italy) --- Politics and government

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Fascinating and terrifying, the Medusa story has long been a powerful signifier in culture with poets, feminists, anthropologists, psychoanalysts, political theorists, artists, writers, and others. Bringing together the essential passages and commentary about Medusa, The Medusa Reader traces her through the ages, from classical times through the Renaissance to the pop culture, art, and fashion of today. This collection, with a critical introduction and striking illustrations, is the first major anthology of primary material and critical commentary on this most provocative and enigmatic of figures.

Comparative literature --- Thematology --- Medusa --- iconografie --- mythologische figuren --- literatuur --- Homerus --- Euripides --- Ovidius --- 82:3 --- 82.091 --- Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen --- Vergelijkende literatuurstudie --- Medusa (Greek mythology) --- 82.091 Vergelijkende literatuurstudie --- 82:3 Literatuur en maatschappijwetenschappen --- Medusa (Greek mythology). --- Gorgons (Greek mythology) --- Mythology, Greek --- Medusa [Mythological character] --- Medusa. --- Homerus. --- Euripides. --- Ovidius.