Perseus with the Head of Medusa is a bronze sculpture made by Benvenuto Cellini in the period 1545–1554. The sculpture stands on a square base which has bronze relief panels depicting the story of Perseus and Andromeda, similar to a predella on an altarpiece. [1] .

2022年4月20日 · Standing in the Loggia dei Lanzi of the famous Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, ‘Perseus with the Head of Medusa’ is one of sculptor Benvenuto Cellini’s most famous works. It depicts the dark and foreboding bronze of the Greek hero Perseus holding up the severed and bloody head of the gorgon Medusa, which gazes at the other ...

2025年1月17日 · In true Mannerist style, Cellini takes us on a trip to ancient Greece and the story of how the hero Perseus, depicted by Cellini with winged sandals from Hermes, satchel gifted by Athena, met and slayed (without directly facing) the infamous gorgon, Medusa. Cellini presents his bronze statue in all of its macabre glory, complete with gushing ...

Here, the mythological hero Perseus triumphantly presents his trophy, Medusa's head, to the world. Through this dynamic pose, Canova draws our attention to the sweep of Perseus's idealized body, which is framed by a drape falling from his left arm.

In its frontality and majestic motion, Perseus’s stance recalls the antique Apollo, but Canova’s hero’s gaze is focused on the severed head of the monster Medusa, which in turn was based on another famous antiquity, the marble mask known as …

Perseus with the Head of Medusa is the famous statue by Benvenuto Cellini, found in Florence in piazza della Signoria, under the Loggia dei Lanzi, and one of the most important examples of Italian Mannerist sculpture. Cellini, one of the greatest goldsmiths of the Renaissance, was commissioned by Cosimo I de’ Medici to sculpt this work in 1545.

2021年10月17日 · Medusa With the Head of Perseus is a work of art that turns the old Greek mythological tale on its head, so to speak. It was sculpted by Italian artist Luciano Garbati who in his youth, would often see Benvenuto Cellini’s Medusa and Perseus sculpture at the Loggia Dei Lanzi in Florence, close to his hometown.

[0:00] A great example of that is Benvenuto Cellini’s bronze sculpture of Perseus from about 1545 to 1554. It is located in its original location where it was made for, the Piazza della Signoria, the Loggia, just to the right of the town hall if you’re facing its entrance.

2025年1月31日 · Benvenuto Cellini's Perseus with the Head of Medusa is one of the greatest masterpieces of Mannerist sculpture. Commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici and completed in 1554, this bronze work stands in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence's Piazza della Signoria, where it has remained for nearly 500 years!

2021年12月9日 · Perseus found Medusa sleeping in a cave and cut off her head. The statue depicts the moment shortly after this event as blood can be seen spewing from her neck as Perseus stands triumphantly on top of her decapitated body.