Melancholia

❖ 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗮 ❖ ArtPrint

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝘐𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘬𝘦
𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺
𝘖𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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— 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵, "Gorgon" (1981)

The protagonist of this illustration is Medusa, one of the three Gorgons. She was a beautiful mortal, the exception in the family, until she incurred in the wrath of Athena, either due to her boastfulness or because of an ill-fated love affair with Poseidon. Transformed into a vicious monster with snakes for hair, she was killed by Perseus, who afterward used her still potent head as a weapon, before gifting it to Athena.

My "Melancholia" Art Print is available on 300g paper (watercolour paper, ivory colour), in A5 format: 14,8x21 cm.