Copy painting on canvas of the artwork
Medusa 2 (Stuck)

This variation in a perfectly square format tightens our attention even further on the evil aura of the “Head of Medusa”. Franz von Stuck excels in the art of visual discomfort: the spectral face of the Gorgon occupies the entire center of the artwork, forcing the viewer to hold her piercing gaze with strangely pale irises. Her bloodless lips and alabaster skin stand out with unprecedented violence against the suffocating darkness of the background. The snakes, painted as dark organic masses, frame this nightmarish vision. An ideal reproduction to establish an atmosphere that is at once tragic, occult, and deeply spellbinding, characteristic of German symbolism.