I can't say what they had in mind with this clip. Frankly, it is not just silly, but also ugly. Yet, it does have a hint of a mytholog...

  I don't know what's your impression of this piece of statuary by Luciano Garbati , recently installed across from New York courth...

This is an image from Jim Jarmusch's recent movie "The Dead don't Die." A standard zombie movie, but well done and w...

My paper titled " The myth of Medusa: Benvenuto Cellini and the “Loggia dei Lanzi” in Florence " has been accepted today for...

Benvenuto Cellini's "Perseus and Medusa", presently in Florence, Italy. Photo by the author Celebrating the internation...

A very curious image, found by chance while navigating the web. It needs to be explained: it was clearly inspired by the " Piazza ...

( original image by Ugo Bardi. Reproduce it as you like, if you cite the source, it is appreciated) With his "Perseus and...

This post appeared first in 2003 on the Chimera site . It is reproduced here with minimal modifications. Also, I am involved right now in w...