Lumen Ring Medusa Rondanini

Medusa Rondanini

True strength is being yourself

Lumen Ring Medusa Rondanini

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$285.00
$285.00
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All the expressiveness of Medusa condenses into the oval form of the bezel of this ring. Calm, serene, seraphic. The face among the most moulded, sculpted and reproduced in existence — on this jewel it speaks intimately, to us. She is peaceful, enveloped, composed. She knows who she is, and carries with her the quietness of one who has no need to declare it. Her charisma is entirely inward. Her fascination lives in the steady, penetrating gaze she has always turned towards us.

The bordeaux enamel of this model envelops her, clothes her — almost a garment draped over this portrait. The most majestic and at the same time most placid aspect of her is perfectly expressed by this smooth enamel that coats the bronze with density. The ring has substance, has presence. The oval frame follows every line of the face — the symmetry of the Greek nose, the serpents becoming pure decoration. Remarkable how each colour renders her still more composed and steady. Including this bordeaux, which nourishes, which caresses.

White moulds her like plaster, like freshly worked kaolin — a mineral candour that defines her every feature, as though she had just been carved. Pearl gives her an iridescence that makes her almost live, almost speak, in an ever-calm tone — a smooth, soft and reflective voice through the lustre of pearls. Pale blue immerses her in a pure lightness — almost suspended, where everything is air, distance and a sense of freedom. Pink holds a tenderness of its own — a red that is being born, that is arriving, gentle and steady together, carrying within it all the essence of something that is blossoming. It is blooming.

Each piece comes to life at the moment of purchase and is handcrafted especially for you.

CHARACTERISTICS

  • Collection: Lumen
  • Type: Ring
  • Model: AN4DB
  • Base: 18kt gold-plated bronze
  • Base finish: Glossy enamel
  • Crown: 18kt gold-plated bronze
  • Shape: Oval 0.98 x 0.79 in
  • Motif material: Handcrafted resin with raised detailing
  • Total weight: approx. 17 Grams

DETAILS

  • Composition: Nickel Free
  • Fit: Important yet well-balanced, for an elegant and contemporary effect
  • Sizes: 12,14,16,18,20,22

CRAFTSMANSHIP

  • Production: Handcrafted in Rome, 100% Made in Italy.
  • Slight variations in finish or tone reflect the uniqueness of each piece and its artisanal character.
  • Each jewel is accompanied by a certificate of guarantee and authenticity.

JEWELRY CARE

It is recommended to avoid contact with water, perfume, and impacts, in order to preserve its beauty over time.

Important Notes

The jewels' colors in the photo may look different from the original one. This depends from the resolution. Each object is handmade and has unique characteristics.
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Medusa Rondanini

Medusa Rondanini

True strength is being yourself

The so-called “Rondanini Medusa”. Marble, Roman copy of a 5th-century BC Greek original by Phidias, which was set on the shield of Athena Parthenos. The Munich Glyptothek’s Medusa Rondanini is possibly a 5th-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—Chthonic dread and death mixed with Olympian beauty and cunning. While on display in the Palazzo Rondanini in Rome, it was noticed and first brought to the attention of Northern European art connoisseurs in the 1780s by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who wrote, “I would say something about it if everything one could say about such a work were not a waste of breath.” Located in the Glyptotheum of Munich

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