#Nanna Risi

[cameronmccoy9161994]

Disney's The Haunted Mansion | The Medusa Changing Portrait (2003 Film Version)

The gorgon (Medusa) changing portrait from the Disney Theme Park Attraction, "The Haunted Mansion", appearing in the 2003 film is applied on Sir Frederic Leighton's "Portrait of a Roman Lady". It's the portrait of Anna Risi (known as "La Nanna" or "Nanna"). She becomes Medusa's gorgon form, with Caravaggio's depiction of the beheaded "Medusa" on a shield applied when that painting transforms. As shown on the DVD Menu, this painting is in the main "Set Up" where she morphed. If you have "The Haunted Mansion" on DVD and you wish to go see the Medusa changing portrait, here are the following two steps:

1. Go to "DVD Menu".

2. Select "Set Up".

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Anselm Feuerbach (German, 1829-1880) The Mandolin Player, 1868

The young mother listens raptly to the father, enlarged in his mandolin playing in the shadows of an arbor. Her blue cloak and the green foliage surrounding her remind us of depictions of the Madonna in an enclosed garden (Hortus conclusus). But Anselm Feuerbach does not depict family bliss in this idyllic garden scene. Rather, here he has created a symbol of personal melancholy. The artist has portrayed himself as the mandolin player. The mother is Anna (Nanna) Risi, the wife of a shoemaker from Trastevere, whom Feuerbach viewed as the embodiment of the classic ideal of beauty. This was in keeping with his endeavor to produce a painting that is timeless. Nanna became Feuerbach's model and mistress in 1860, but left him in 1865 for an Englishman, plunging Feuerbach into a deep personal and artistic crisis. The two did not have a child together. His great love did not turn out to be eternal but, instead, as fleeting as the music.

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Portrait of Nanna Risi, 1861 Anselm Feuerbach

[artesplorando]

Anselm Friedrich FEUERBACH, Nanna c. 1861 Oil on canvas, 74 x 56 cm Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne Anna Risi fu la modella di Anselm. In lei l'artista trovò l'incarnazione degli ideali classici di bellezza.

[toanunnery]

Nanna

Anselm Feuerbach, 1864

[missmarpling]

(via The Burden of Beauty)   the sad story of Nanna Risi, Roman model 1850s

[books0977]

Pavonia (1859). Lord Frederic Leighton (English, 1830-1896). Oil on canvas.

In 1858 Leighton settled in Rome, where he met the striking Italian beauty Nanna Risi who was the model. Risi, as a result of her sensual and classical beauty, became a much sought after model amongst the growing number of expatriate artists. Leighton managed to capture her mysterious seductive quality as Pavonia.

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Title: Nanna Risi as A Roman Lady, painted by Lord Leighton in 1859. This is a master reproduction of one of beautiful paintings by Leighton. This painting is available in 8 different sizes. For more details please visit http://bit.ly/154nWID Art Gaga offers Worldwide Free Shipping!

[molkolsdal]

Portrait of Nanna Risi by Anselm Feuerbach

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Portrait of Nanna Risi by Anselm Feuerbach

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[molkolsdal]

Nanna Risi was the model for Pavonia (the woman in my icon). I just looked her up and found more paintings of her. I am now convinced that she is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen.