03 — ARTWORK
Nanna
FEUERBACH, Anselm Friedrich · 1861 →
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 74 x 56 cm
- TYPE
- Portrait
PALETTE
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CURRENT LOCATION · Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
- FILE
- 800 × 1077 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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From 1860 to 1865 Anna Risi, a cobbler from Trastevere in Rome, was Anselm Feuerbach's model. He believed that in her he had found the embodiment of classicalRelating to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome (classical Antiquity). The classical world played a profoundly important role in the Renaissance, with Italian scholars, writers, and artists seeing their own period as the rebirth (the "renaissance") of classical values after the Middle Ages. The classical world was considered the golden age for the arts, literature, philosophy, and politics. Concepts of the classical, however, changed greatly from one period to the next. Roman literature provided the starting point in the 14th century, scholars patiently finding, editing and translating a wide range of texts. In the 15th century Greek literature, philosophy and art - together with the close study of the remains of Roman buildings and sculptures-expanded the concept of the classical and ensured it remained a vital source of ideas and inspiration. ideals of beauty and so she sat for him for a series of mythological, religious and literary subjects. The real model was essential to Feuerbach despite the idealism of his sketches.
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