Caravaggio_-_Medusa_-_Google_Art_Project

Medusa was a woman monster in Greek mythology. Instead of hair, snakes grew on her head. The Greek hero Perseus beheaded her. Those who looked at her head turned to stone. Perseus gave Medusa’s head to the goddess Athena. The symbolism of Medusa captures our age, which promotes monstrous policies that could turn us to stone. Painting by Caravaggio, c. 1597. Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Public Domain.