凡尔登的尼古拉斯(Nicholas of Verdun)高清作品《Cameo with Medusa Head, 1st Cent. after Christ》

作品名：Cameo with Medusa Head, 1st Cent. after Christ

艺术家：凡尔登的尼古拉斯

年代：c.1200

风格：莫桑艺术

类型：神话画

大约在1200年前后，在神龛前面可移动的梯形面板的左手边放了一幅美杜莎的古代浮雕。在Greek神话中，任何看美杜莎头的人都会变成石头。这些传说在中世纪是众所周知的。美杜莎的浮雕被贴在神殿的前端，因为同样的原因，在中世纪教堂的西端经常描绘恶魔的形象，以象征已经被教教堂征服，因此不能进入教堂建筑。

Title:Cameo with Medusa Head, 1st Cent. after Christ

artist:Nicholas of Verdun

Date:c.1200

Style:Mosan art

Genre:mythological painting

An ancient cameo of Medusa was set in the left-hand side of the removable trapezoidal panel on the front of the shrine sometime around 1200. In Greek mythology, anyone who looked at the head of Medusa would turn to stone. Such legends were well known in the Middle Ages. The cameo of Medusa was attached to the front end of the shrine for the same reason that images of demons were often depicted on the west end of medieval churches to symbolise that evil had been vanquished by the Christian Church and could not, therefore, access the church building.