The Medusa Rondanini
Source: Thingiverse by CosmoWenman
The The Medusa Rondanini is a free printable 3D model from Thingiverse by CosmoWenman. "[T]he mere knowledge that such a work could be created and still exists in the world makes me feel twice the person I was ... You can download the STL file from the original listing below and print it at home.
About this model
"[T]he mere knowledge that such a work could be created and still exists in the world makes me feel twice the person I was ... If I can get hold of a good cast of this Medusa, I shall bring it back with me..."—Goethe, Italian Journey * This is my laser scan of the Skulpturhalle Basel's plaster cast of the Munich Glyptothek's Medusa Rondanini, possibly a fifth-century BC work, and the oldest-known "beautiful gorgoneion" sculpture. The design may have been copied from a gilded bronze aegis that once hung in the Acropolis, where it would have been meant to ward off evil and bad luck. A revision of the grotesque, disk-shaped death masks of older gorgoneia, the Medusa Rondanini appears to borrow the idealized likeness of Athena of Velletri, wreathed in decorative snakes and delicate owl wings—C…
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- Yes. The Medusa Rondanini is free to download from Thingiverse. Click the "Download free STL" button above to open the original listing.
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- Yes. This model is intended for home FDM and resin 3D printers. Check the original listing for suggested print settings like layer height and supports.
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