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Medusa: In the Mirror of Time

David A. Leeming

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Description:With her repulsive face and head full of living, venomous snakes, Medusa is petrifyingOCoquite literally, since looking directly at her turned people to stone. Ever since Perseus cut off her head and presented it to Athena, she has been a woman of many forms: a dangerous female monster that had to be destroyed, an erotic power that could annihilate men, and, thanks to Freud, a woman whose hair was a nest of terrifying penises that signaled castration. She has been immortalized by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Salvador Dal and was the emblem of the Jacobins after the French Revolution. Today, sheOCOs viewed by feminists as a noble victim of patriarchy and used by Versace in the designerOCOs logo for menOCOs underwear, haute couture, and exotic dinnerware. Sheaeven gives heraname to a sushi roll on a Disney resort menu. Why does Medusa continue to have this power to transfix us?aDavid Leeming seeks to answer this question in "Medusa," a biography of the mythical creature. Searching for the origins of MedusaOCOs myth in cultures that predate ancient Greece, Leeming explores how and why the mythical figure of the gorgon has become one of the most important and enduring ideas in human history. From an oil painting by Caravaggio to "Clash of the Titans" and "Dungeons and Dragons," he delves into the many depictions of Medusa, ultimately revealing that her story is a cultural dream that continues to change and develop with each new era.aAsking what the evolution of the Medusa myth discloses about our culture and ourselves, this book paints an illuminating portrait of a woman who has never ceased to enthrall."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Medusa: In the Mirror of Time. To get started finding Medusa: In the Mirror of Time, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Reaktion Books

Release: 2014

ISBN: 1780231334

Description: With her repulsive face and head full of living, venomous snakes, Medusa is petrifyingOCoquite literally, since looking directly at her turned people to stone. Ever since Perseus cut off her head and presented it to Athena, she has been a woman of many forms: a dangerous female monster that had to be destroyed, an erotic power that could annihilate men, and, thanks to Freud, a woman whose hair was a nest of terrifying penises that signaled castration. She has been immortalized by artists from Leonardo da Vinci to Salvador Dal and was the emblem of the Jacobins after the French Revolution. Today, sheOCOs viewed by feminists as a noble victim of patriarchy and used by Versace in the designerOCOs logo for menOCOs underwear, haute couture, and exotic dinnerware. Sheaeven gives heraname to a sushi roll on a Disney resort menu. Why does Medusa continue to have this power to transfix us?aDavid Leeming seeks to answer this question in "Medusa," a biography of the mythical creature. Searching for the origins of MedusaOCOs myth in cultures that predate ancient Greece, Leeming explores how and why the mythical figure of the gorgon has become one of the most important and enduring ideas in human history. From an oil painting by Caravaggio to "Clash of the Titans" and "Dungeons and Dragons," he delves into the many depictions of Medusa, ultimately revealing that her story is a cultural dream that continues to change and develop with each new era.aAsking what the evolution of the Medusa myth discloses about our culture and ourselves, this book paints an illuminating portrait of a woman who has never ceased to enthrall."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Medusa: In the Mirror of Time. To get started finding Medusa: In the Mirror of Time, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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