Original Artwork & Feminist Artistic Analysis & Interpretation of Medusa: Reflections on Naked Women in Art

The Man-Made Medusa Myth, 2024, Digital Drawing

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📚 Resources to Explore:

• "The face of our own rage"- a feminist interpretation of Greek mythological figure Medusa and female rage.

• ”Don’t Go Talking Classics Out of School: Medusa”

• ”Medusa as Victim and Tool of Male Aggression”

• ”Examining Rape in Art History”

• ”The Real Story of Medusa: Protective Powers from a Snake-Haired Gorgon”

✍️ Journal Reflection Prompts:

• Observe the differences of the body structure and pose in each art piece. What do they convey about the figure and the artist?

• How does the use of medium and color effect the art and what does this convey about the figure and the artist?

• How is the male naked body interpreted differently from the female naked body? Can we separate how we see sexed nakedness from the male supremacist culture we live in?