Head of Medusa | Peter Paul Rubens | 1618 Case Style:Tough Through "Where Love Begins

Through "Where Love Begins

while the architectural grandeur of the Babylonian palace conveys the opulence and decadence of the ancient empire

enhancing the eerie and supernatural feel of the scene

"Vase with Irises Against a Yellow Background" by Vincent van Gogh

blurring the boundaries between human form and abstract space

Head of Medusa | Peter Paul Rubens | 1618 Case Style:Tough Through "Where Love BeginsRubens 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 canvas, some even