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Perseus (left, wearing a hat, winged boots and the kibisis slung over his shoulder) averts his gaze as he kills Medusa, figured here as a female centaur. Detail from an orientalizing relief pithos. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.
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Caption:
Perseus (left, wearing a hat, winged boots and the kibisis slung over his shoulder) averts his gaze as he kills Medusa, figured here as a female centaur. Detail from an orientalizing relief pithos. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.
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Image size:
5767 x 4127 px | 68.1 MB
Print size:
48.8 x 34.9 cm | 19.2 x 13.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
660 BC • 7TH BCE • 7TH CENTURY B. C. • ANCIENT AGE • ARCHAIC • ART • ARTS • BAS-RELIEF • BOOT (SHOE) • BOOTS • BOWL • CENTAUR • CENTAURS • CENTAURUS • CERAMIC • CERAMICS • CONTAINER • CRYSTAL • CULT • DECOR • DECORATION • DECORATIONS • DECORATIVE • DETAIL • EMBOSSED • EQUUS CABALLUS • EWER, VESSEL • FEMALE • FEMALES • FÉMININE • FRANCE • FRANÇAIS • FRENCH • GRECO • GREECE • GREEK • GREEKS • HAT • HAT • HEADGEAR • HELENICO • HELENISTICO • HELLENIC • HELLENISTIC • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HORSE • INCISED • KERAMEIKOS • KIBISIS SLUNG • KILL • KILLING • KILLS • LEGEND • LOUVRE MUSEUM • MEDUSA • MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMAL: CENTAUR • MYTHOLOGY • OBJECT • OBJECTS • ORIENTALIZING • ORNAMENT • ORNAMENTATION • ORNAMENTS • PARIS • PERSEUS • PHITOS • PITHOS • POTTERIES • POTTERY • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • RITE • RITUAL • STAMPED • STONEWARE • STRANGER • TERRA COTTA • TERRACOTA • TERRACOTTA • THÈBES • THEBES, BOEOTIA, GREECE • UMBRELLA • UNKNOWN • VESSEL VASE • VESSEL • VESSEL: EWER • WATER • WINGED
