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Benvenuto Cellini Unveiling His Statue of Perseus with the Head of Medusa, (painting)

"b. Philadelphia, 1853. Pupil of the Bavarian Royal Academy, of Professors Strachuber, Ferdinand Barth, and Anton Seitz, Munich. first exhibited, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Phila- delphia, ...
Morning Call PA

How a Medusa sculpture from a decade ago became #MeToo art

NEW YORK — When artist Luciano Garbati made his sculpture of Medusa holding Perseus’ severed head — an inversion of the centuries-old myth — feminism was not what he had in mind. He wasn’t thinking of ...
Hyperallergic

In New York City, a Public Statue Reimagines the Myth of Medusa

Greek mythology recounts how Medusa earned her distinctive appearance: after she was raped by Poseidon in Athena’s temple, the goddess of war punished her with a head of snakes and the curse of ...
PBS

Perseus’ Elbow and Medusa’s Eye | July 7 - July 13

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