THE MAN WITH THE MIDAS TOUGH
Mar 18, 2021
1 minute
(1554) is Cellini’s masterpiece. It was commissioned by Cosimo de’ Medici to represent his family’s rule over Florence and was also designed to stand in Nearly a decade in the making and standing over 3 metres tall, the casting in bronze was an epic achievement. Perseus is shown slaying Medusa, with cast bronze mimicking her blood, in a political image of male dominance.
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