Perseus embodies the modern hero who turns his gaze away from the superfluous and brings us back to the essence of things, saving us from modern-day Medusas, from vanity and superficiality, to present us with a world of flesh and blood.
The composition plays on two moments:
– In the foreground, Perseus—caught between sleep and wakefulness—prepares to face whatever fate has in store for him.
– Then, focusing one’s gaze on the central opening, one glimpses the second part of the myth: Perseus, riding Pegasus and bearing Medusa’s head, frees Andromeda from the sea monster.
Medusa cannot be looked at directly; her eyes have the power to turn everything that meets her gaze to stone. For this reason, by placing a curved mirror at the centre of the composition, you will see Medusa’s face revealed – reflected rather than directly – just as in the stratagem adopted by Perseus to neutralise her devastating power.
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