Head of Medusa | Peter Paul Rubens | 1618 Case Style:Tough Through "Where Love Begins

Through "Where Love Begins

blurring the boundaries between human form and abstract space

while the architectural grandeur of the Babylonian palace conveys the opulence and decadence of the ancient empire

intellectual New Woman

This work is a notable example of Gauguin's post-Impressionist style and his fascination with the exotic and mystical elements of Polynesian culture

Head of Medusa | Peter Paul Rubens | 1618 Case Style:Tough Through "Where Love BeginsRubens captures the severed head of Medusa at the very climax of her myth, moments after the hero Perseus has decapitated her. Her eyes, once capable of turning men to stone, are now frozen open in a grotesque expression of terror and agony. But Rubens does not stop at horrorhe transforms the myth into a Baroque spectacle. The painter surrounds her lifeless face with a chaotic mass of writhing snakes that seem to spill out of the canvas, some even