Art Horror: Medusa and her Sister Gorgons

Lowe, Dunstan (2022) Art Horror: Medusa and her Sister Gorgons. In: Felton, Debbie, ed. Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth. First edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 107-119. (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:94066)

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Abstract

Medusa the Gorgon is arguably the best known of all monsters from the ancient Mediterranean world: she was undeniably the most visible. The design known to art historians as the gorgoneion appears on countless art-objects throughout Greek and Roman history, though its style changes profoundly over time, as does the narrative connected with it.

Item Type:	Book section
Uncontrolled keywords:	Gorgon, Medusa, monster, Greece, Rome, archaeology, art history, Archaic, Hellenistic, Roman, visual arts, reception studies
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology D History General and Old World > DE The Greco-Roman World G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GR Folklore
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Arts and Humanities > Department of Classical and Archaeological Studies
Depositing User:	Dunstan Lowe
Date Deposited:	19 Apr 2022 10:53 UTC
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2024 12:59 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/94066 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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