hominisaevum: Shield with the head of Medusa Caravaggio, 1597 She - or he, as Caravaggio’s model is a male youth - is portrayed in the very moment of self-recognition. This is both a horrific and horrified image, as the eyes of the gorgon are fixed

hominisaevum: Shield with the head of Medusa Caravaggio, 1597 She - or he, as Caravaggio’s model is a male youth - is portrayed in the very moment of self-recognition. This is both a horrific and horrified image, as the eyes of the gorgon are fixed

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