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PERSEURS AND MEDUSA
Date: 1545-1554 Artist: Benvenuto Cellini Art Movement/Period: Late Renaissance and Mannerism Location: Florence, Italy MYTHOLOGICAL BACKGROUND: THE TALE OF PERSEUS AND MEDUSA Medusa, one of the most striking figures in mythology, has appeared in art for centuries as both subject and object. In terms of mythological origins, Medusa was born as the daughter of the sea gods Phorcys and Ceto, and is the only mortal of the three Gorgon sisters (Stheno, Euryale, Medusa). The etymo
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