The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special reference to its use in art (1894)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, George Henry · New York : Harper & Bros. · leaf 226
iisa. Karlierart set itself to depiet the liorril)le only in the head of Medusa; andartists, therefore, strove to impart to the face as strong an expres-sion of rage and feroeity as was possihle, representing her with tonguelolling forth, and boar-like tusks. It is worthy of remark that, in… … Fig. 67—Rondauini Medusa. Munich. Still more striking, while the snakes appear to be fastened roundkh^ neek like a necklace. Very different is the conception adoptedby the later and more sensuous school. This labored principally tolive expression to the gradual el)bing-away of life in the…
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