The Rebirth of Medusa

From the renaissance to the pre-raphaelites, to women's political mobilisation, fashion and tattoos- Medusa has always been relevant. The journey that the symbol of Medusa has gone on can teach us that feminist reimaginings of core social stories help us understand the roles and spaces women have been confined to throughout history, and how to deconstruct them. Let's walk through her history and learn how Medusa was reborn.

Sources:

Shearman, John. Art Or Politics in the Piazza? Benvenuto Cellini. Kunst und Kunsttheorie im 16. Jahrhundert (2003): 19–36

Cixous, Hélène, et al. “The Laugh of the Medusa.” Signs, vol. 1, no. 4, 1976, pp. 875–93. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3173239. Accessed 25 Sept. 2023.

http://preraphaelitesisterhood.com/aspecta-medusa/

Kiefer, Frederick, ed. Masculinities and Femininities in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and Renaissance 23. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2009.

Wendy Pollard Pamela Hansford Johnson: Her Life, Work and Times (Shepeard-Walwyn, UK, 2014)

Sitwell, Edith. The Collected Poems of Edith Sitwell. Vanguard Press, Inc., 1968.

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Cinematic Electronic, Content Licence:

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The Rebirth of Medusa in Art:

Literature:

Stone Blind, Natalia Haynes.Medusa, Louise Bogan. Medusa, Carol-Ann Duffy

Sculpture:

Medusa, Camille ClaudelMedusa, Kiki Smith

Photography:

Medusa, Cindy Sherman

Mixed Media:

Medusa, Joyce Cutler-ShawMedusa, Judy ChicagoMedusa, Yayoi KusamaMedusa, Ghada Amer

Performing Arts:

Medusa, Ana Mendieta

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