Medusa with the Head of Perseus - Revision history

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	[[File:F2ySPs6XwAAPmPW.jpeg\|thumb\|[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]]]].		[[File:F2ySPs6XwAAPmPW.jpeg\|thumb\|[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]].]].

	[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]] is a sculpture created by Luciano Garbati in 2008. The statue depicts Medusa holding a sword and the head of Perseus, a role reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version was displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan from October 2020 to April 2021, near the civil and criminal courts of New York State.		[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]] is a sculpture created by Luciano Garbati in 2008. The statue depicts Medusa holding a sword and the head of Perseus, a role reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version was displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan from October 2020 to April 2021, near the civil and criminal courts of New York State.

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	[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]] is a sculpture created by Luciano Garbati in 2008. The statue depicts Medusa holding a sword and the head of Perseus, a role reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version was displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan from October 2020 to April 2021, near the civil and criminal courts of New York State.		[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]] is a sculpture created by Luciano Garbati in 2008. The statue depicts Medusa holding a sword and the head of Perseus, a role reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version was displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan from October 2020 to April 2021, near the civil and criminal courts of New York State.

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	[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]] is a sculpture created by Luciano Garbati in 2008. The statue depicts Medusa holding a sword and the head of Perseus, a role reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version was displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan from October 2020 to April 2021, near the civil and criminal courts of New York State.		[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]] is a sculpture created by Luciano Garbati in 2008. The statue depicts Medusa holding a sword and the head of Perseus, a role reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version was displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan from October 2020 to April 2021, near the civil and criminal courts of New York State.

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⚫	[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]] is a sculpture created by Luciano Garbati in 2008. The statue depicts Medusa holding a sword and the head of Perseus, a role reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version was displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan from October 2020 to April 2021.

		⚫	[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]] is a sculpture created by Luciano Garbati in 2008. The statue depicts Medusa holding a sword and the head of Perseus, a role reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version was displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan from October 2020 to April 2021, near the civil and criminal courts of New York State.
⚫	Although it was not created as a feminist work, it was later adopted as a symbol by some in the [[MeToo movement]].

		⚫	Although it was not created as a feminist work, it was later adopted as a symbol by some in the [[MeToo movement]]. Garbati has stated that he was unaware of Medusa's status as a feminist icon when he produced the artwork.
⚫	The sculpture depicts a nude Medusa holding the head of Perseus in her right hand and a sword in her left. The original Medusa was sculpted in clay, then cast in resin with fibreglass reinforcements.~~[3]~~ The sculpture stands just over 2 metres tall.

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⚫	Garbati grew up in a small town near Florence, where Benvenuto Cellini's Perseus with the Head of Medusa is prominently displayed in the Loggia Lanzi of the Piazza della Signoria; he admired Cellini's work, and wanted to reverse the roles of the narrative. In an interview with Quartz, he drew the distinction between Cellini's Perseus and his Medusa; in the former Perseus is triumphant, while in the latter Medusa is determined, and had acted in self defense. ~~He would later state that he was unaware of Medusa's status as a feminist icon at the time.~~

		⚫	The sculpture depicts a nude Medusa holding the head of Perseus in her right hand and a sword in her left. The original Medusa was sculpted in clay, then cast in resin with fibreglass reinforcements. The sculpture stands just over 2 metres tall.

		⚫	Garbati grew up in a small town near Florence, where Benvenuto Cellini's Perseus with the Head of Medusa is prominently displayed in the Loggia Lanzi of the Piazza della Signoria; he admired Cellini's work, and wanted to reverse the roles of the narrative. In an interview with Quartz, he drew the distinction between Cellini's Perseus and his Medusa; in the former Perseus is triumphant, while in the latter Medusa is determined, and had acted in self defense.

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Robert Brockway at 02:12, 11 October 2026

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	[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]] is a sculpture created by Luciano Garbati in 2008. The statue depicts Medusa holding a sword and the head of Perseus, a role reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version was displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan from October 2020 to April 2021.		[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]] is a sculpture created by Luciano Garbati in 2008. The statue depicts Medusa holding a sword and the head of Perseus, a role reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version was displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan from October 2020 to April 2021.

	Although it was not created as a feminist work, it was later adopted as a symbol by some in the [[~~Me Too~~ movement]].		Although it was not created as a feminist work, it was later adopted as a symbol by some in the [[MeToo movement]].

	The sculpture depicts a nude Medusa holding the head of Perseus in her right hand and a sword in her left. The original Medusa was sculpted in clay, then cast in resin with fibreglass reinforcements.[3] The sculpture stands just over 2 metres tall.		The sculpture depicts a nude Medusa holding the head of Perseus in her right hand and a sword in her left. The original Medusa was sculpted in clay, then cast in resin with fibreglass reinforcements.[3] The sculpture stands just over 2 metres tall.

Robert Brockway: Partial import from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Medusa_with_the_Head_of_Perseus&oldid=1345826296

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Partial import from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Medusa_with_the_Head_of_Perseus&oldid=1345826296

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			[[Medusa with the Head of Perseus]] is a sculpture created by Luciano Garbati in 2008. The statue depicts Medusa holding a sword and the head of Perseus, a role reversal of Greek legend. A bronze cast version was displayed in Collect Pond Park, Lower Manhattan from October 2020 to April 2021.

			Although it was not created as a feminist work, it was later adopted as a symbol by some in the [[Me Too movement]].

			The sculpture depicts a nude Medusa holding the head of Perseus in her right hand and a sword in her left. The original Medusa was sculpted in clay, then cast in resin with fibreglass reinforcements.[3] The sculpture stands just over 2 metres tall.
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			Garbati grew up in a small town near Florence, where Benvenuto Cellini's Perseus with the Head of Medusa is prominently displayed in the Loggia Lanzi of the Piazza della Signoria; he admired Cellini's work, and wanted to reverse the roles of the narrative. In an interview with Quartz, he drew the distinction between Cellini's Perseus and his Medusa; in the former Perseus is triumphant, while in the latter Medusa is determined, and had acted in self defense. He would later state that he was unaware of Medusa's status as a feminist icon at the time.

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Robert Brockway: Robert Brockway moved page Medusa in Manhatten to Medusa with the Head of Perseus

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