Perseus with the Head of Ronald McDonald - Neatorama

Italian artist Giuseppe Veneziano updated the Greek myth of Perseus and Medusa with this sculpture. It's a bit harsh. I mean, Ronald McDonald never turned anyone into stone.

Artist's Website (some NSFW images) -via Kurositas | Photo by Flickr user mamasaurus rex used under Creative Commons license

UPDATE: In the comments, Sylvian proposes that this sculpture is actually a take on Caravaggio's David with the Head of Goliath. I think he's right.

He sure turned a lot of arteries into stone

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Perseua looks like Mark Zuckerberg.

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I'm sure he helped put on a few stone.

"Perseus... bring me the head of that demon that haunts my nation and kills our children."

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If we follow the link, does it take us to the site, or to last week's posting of this on Neatorama?

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Wrong. Not Perseus and Medusa but rather David and the decapited head of Goliath by Caravaggio (1610).

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Caravaggio_-_David_con_la_testa_di_Golia.jpg

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I had this on my site a week or so ago and also thought it was Perseus, but seeing the Caravaggio, it does look very much like the David and Goliath painting.

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Goliath's head is a self-portrait of the artist.

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LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLS :D

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Of course it is David and Goliath, it's the little guy taking on the giant corporation!

Interestingly enough, the statue of David by Michelangelo, was put in front of the courthouse in Florence back in the 1500s, to represent the little guys of Florence against the giant powers, the Medicis.

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Yo! It's a take on Donatello's Perseus and Medusa in the loggia(?) in Florence

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Donatello treats a similar subject, but this is definitely a parody of Caravaggio. Makes me hungry for a Big Mac(tm). McDonalds(tm) should buy the rights and put one outside every outlet.

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