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    Cellini's Perseus
    In part because of the spoof Cellini pulled on his sometimes rival Bandinelli. Cellini placed the Perseus directly where Bandinelli's hercules was looking, effectively "up-staging" the hercules and Cacus, while "turning them into stone". Great fun.

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    You didn't expect a sculptor to choose a painting, did you?

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    Zeus feared the gorgon sisters who were older than the titans, and especially feared that they might birth a new breed of gods-----so, he cursed them--that anyone gazing upon them would turn to stone. Finally, someone who made the Medusa rather attractive. (Go Benvenuto Cellini)
     
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    Any art contributions are more than welcome here, thanks for yours.
     
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