Chimeras: Perseus

In the end, we are all chimeras

Showing posts with label Perseus. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Perseus. Show all posts

Thursday, July 15, 2021

The Roots of the Shift from Christian to Pagan Art Subjects in Europe: The Controversy of Valladolid

Cellini's statuary group "Perseus and Medusa" -- beautiful, in a sense, but the kind of beauty that kills. As always, ther...

Sunday, October 27, 2019

Beheading Women: From Cellini to ISIS

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

Sunday, March 29, 2015

My paper on Cellini's "Perseus and medusa" accepted for publication

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

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Cellini's Medusa

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...

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