The mythology of Greece and Rome : with special references to its use in art (1900)
Seemann, Otto, 1825-1901, Bianchi, G. H. (George Henry) · New York : American Book · leaf 226
of Medusa. Earlierart set itself to depict the horrible only in the head of Medusa; andartists, therefore, strove to impart to the face as strong an expresssion of rage and ferocity as was possible, representing her with tonguelolling forth, and boar-like tusks. It is worthy of remark that, in… … Fig. 57.—RondaDini Medufc:a. Munich. e^ill more striking, while the snakes appear to be fastened roundihe neck like a necklace. Very different is the conception adoptedby the later and more sensuous school. This labored principally togive expression to the gradual ebbing-away of life in the…
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