Essays about: "gorgon"

Found 2 essays containing the word gorgon.

  1. 1. Gorgon motifs on Archaic Greek coins

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Elma Mujkanovic; [2020]
    Keywords : Gorgon; iconography; mythology; Athens; Neapolis in Macedon; gorgon; ikonografi; mytologi; Aten; Napolis i Makedonien.;

    Abstract : The Gorgon is a creature described as terrible in ancient literature. It was depicted with glaring eyes, tusks and a hanging tongue and was a part of Greek antiquity from Archaic to Roman Period. The Gorgon motif has frequently been adorned on different materials. READ MORE

  3. 2. Drone Warfare: War in the Age of Digital Reproduction

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Lila Lee; [2012]
    Keywords : warfare; Drone aicraft; Walter Benjamin; UAV; Futurists; Paul Virilio; First World War; digitization; military industrial complex; terrorism; digital; realtime; visual intelligence; artificial intelligence; Gorgon Stare; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : In this paper I explore the scopic regime of drone warfare as the production of the image as a site of meaning. The first part of the paper I describe what a drone is, through its technical specifications and through detailed reports on actual drone attacks in the recent ‘War on Terror. READ MORE