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The fourth painting
known for his Symbolist style
Influenced by Realism and the humanitarian concerns of the time
with vibrant fields and a striking blue sky in the background
Head of Medusa | Peter Paul Rubens | 1618 Select Size:24" x 12" The fourth paintingAbout the artwork: Rubens 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
