http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/142920/door-knocker-in-the-form-of-medusa-s-head-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Door knocker in the form of Medusa’s head: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/142920/door-knocker-in-the-form-of-medusa-s-head-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/142920/door-knocker-in-the-form-of-medusa-s-head-gallery-label-current Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Door knocker in the form of Medusa’s head: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2011-10-18</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>In Greek mythology, Medusa was a horrible monster, which would turn anyone looking her in the face into stone. The hero Perseus eventually beheaded her by avoiding her gaze and looking at her mirror image on his shield. Rodin's student and friend Bourdelle chose to revive an ancient tradition, according to which Medusa was particularly beautiful, and her beastly nature is only alluded to by the snakes mingled amongst her tresses. This superimposition of the terrible and the terrific, of the attractive and the repulsive very much responds to the theme of the <i>femme fatale</i>, which was popular in European culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/142920/door-knocker-in-the-form-of-medusa-s-head-gallery-label-current In Greek mythology, Medusa was a horrible monster, which would turn anyone looking her in the face into stone. The hero Perseus eventually beheaded her by avoiding her gaze and looking at her mirror image on his shield. Rodin's student and friend Bourdelle chose to revive an ancient tradition, according to which Medusa was particularly beautiful, and her beastly nature is only alluded to by the snakes mingled amongst her tresses. This superimposition of the terrible and the terrific, of the attractive and the repulsive very much responds to the theme of the femme fatale, which was popular in European culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries." type="image/jpeg" />In Greek mythology, Medusa was a horrible monster, which would turn anyone looking her in the face into stone. The hero Perseus eventually beheaded her by avoiding her gaze and looking at her mirror image on his shield. Rodin's student and friend Bourdelle chose to revive an ancient tradition, according to which Medusa was particularly beautiful, and her beastly nature is only alluded to by the snakes mingled amongst her tresses. This superimposition of the terrible and the terrific, of the attractive and the repulsive very much responds to the theme of the femme fatale, which was popular in European culture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts