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Medusa Rondanini — The Medusa Rondanini, marble (h. 0.29 m) The over lifesize Medusa Rondanini, the best late Hellenistic or Augustan Roman marble copy of the head of Medusa, is rendered more humanized and beautiful than the always grotesque apotropaic head of… … Wikipedia
Medusa (comics) — Medusa Medusa, Queen of the Inhumans. Art by Jae Lee. Publication information Publisher Marvel Comics … Wikipedia
Medusa's Head — (1922), by Sigmund Freud, was an essay contributing to a body of criticism surrounding the Medusa Myth. Freud argues that decapitation equals castration. The terror of Medusa is thus a terror of castration that is linked to the sight of something … Wikipedia
Medusa (Caravaggio) — Medusa Artist Caravaggio Year 1597 Type Oil on canvas mounted on wood Dimensions 60 cm × 55 cm (24 in × 22 in) Location … Wikipedia
Medusa (Leonardo da Vinci) — Medusa is either of two paintings attributed by Giorgio Vasari to Leonardo da Vinci. Neither painting survives. First version In his Vita di Leonardo (1568), Vasari reports that, as a very young man, Leonardo represented the head of Medusa on a… … Wikipedia
Medusa's head — Medusa Me*du sa, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone. [1913 Webster] 2. [pl. {Medusae}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any free… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Medusa (Bernini) — Medusa Artist Gianlorenzo Bernini Year c. 1630s Type Marble sculpture Location Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome Medusa is a sculpture of the … Wikipedia
Medusa: A Tiger by the Tail — Author(s) Jack L. Chalker … Wikipedia
MEDUSA (weapon) — MEDUSA is also a fictional energy weapon in Philip Reeve s novel Mortal Engines, completely different from the real life MEDUSA weapon and its name is not known to be an acronym. MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) is a directional,… … Wikipedia
Medusa — Me*du sa, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The Gorgon; or one of the Gorgons whose hair was changed into serpents, after which all who looked upon her were turned into stone. [1913 Webster] 2. [pl. {Medusae}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any free swimming… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
