The Medusa Rondanini
A New Look
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4539485 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janer Danforth Belson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 373-378 |
| Publication date | 1980-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9114 • E-ISSN: 1939-828X |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/504713 |
| OpenAlex | W2323581048 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Furtwängler dated the Medusa Rondanini to the fifth century B.C. Later scholars have accepted Furtwängler's date without question, and have concentrated their efforts on attributing the piece to a known fifth century master. If the Medusa Rondanini is a fifth century piece, then as a "beautiful gorgoneion" it is unique, and without parallel in type for the next 100 years. In my opinion, there is little evidence for giving the Rondanini so early a date. Typologically the Medusa Rondanini belongs with gorgoneia of the late fourth century and the early Hellenistic period. Although previous scholars have accepted a fifth century date, there has been little agreement as to the function of the gorgoneion. A new suggestion will be made that the Medusa Rondanini was perhaps a copy of the gorgoneion on the gilded bronze aegis dedicated by Antiochus IV and hung as an apotropaic device on the south wall of the Akropolis in Athens
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Art history · Bronze · Hellenistic Period · Period (music) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological Research and Protection · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,21 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |