His followers included such celebrated art historians. From the beginning, warburgs research interests were wideranging, encompassing art history, astrology, the afterlife of the antique, renaissance festivals, the performative culture of trionfi, magic, symbolism, mythography and several other. At the heart of his research was the legacy of the classical world, and the transmission of classical representation, in the. The kulturwissenschaftliche bibliothek warburg kbw originated from the private library of aby warburg 18661929.
Aby moritz warburg june 1877 26 october 1929 was a german influential art historian. See more ideas about art history, art in the age and motion images. Aby warburg has 39 books on goodreads with 1926 ratings. The warburg family is a prominent german and american banking family of german jewish and originally venetian jewish descent, noted for their varied accomplishments in biochemistry, botany, political activism, economics, investment banking, law, physics, classical music, art history, pharmacology, physiology, finance, private equity and philanthropy. Books by aby warburg author of images from the region of. Media in category aby warburg the following 4 files are in this category, out of 4 total.
Gombrich, consisting of some 10,000 catalogued items. Founder of the warburg institute now part of the university of london and theorist of a mythopsychological form of art history. Entry on warburg for the springer encyclopedia of renaissance philosophy. Distinguished scholars discussed the implications of. A bibliography, was published by joseph burney trapp in 2000. Aby warburg on manet dimitrios latsis introduction the decided turn towards critical and academic favour that aby warburg s thought and works have undergone in the last three decades within angloamerican and french scholarship has eclipsed even his revival within his native germany. Aby warburg, scion of a wellknown jewish banking family in hamburg, sacrificed his birthright to pursue a. Born in hamburg into a wellestablished family of bankers, he resigned from his birthright to the business and studied art history, archaeology, history, philosophy, and, briefly, psychology. An intellectual biography with a memoir on the history of the library. Translated into english for the first time, aby warburg and antisemitism sheds much needed light on warburgs views on judaism and the politics of his time. The project consisted of a workinprogress series of wooden panels, covered with black cloth, on which he.
Aby warburg 1929 ernst gombrich 1937 cortona, june 2017. Aby warburg noun the noun aby warburg has 1 sense 1. In february 1927, aby warburg embarked in earnest on a project that he never completed, the bilderatlas mnemosyne, which is now one of his most famous works. Aby warburg and antisemitism wayne state university press. The warburg institute celebrated the 150th anniversary of the birth of aby warburg with a conference dedicated to his work and heritage. Aby warburg arte historialariak 18661929 udaberria eta venusen jaiotza, sandro botticelli errenazimenduko margolariaren 14451510 bi obra piktoriko nagusietan zeharreko ibilbide liluragarria egiten du liburu honetan. Warburg, aby article about warburg, aby by the free. Aby warburg definition of aby warburg by the free dictionary. Archive of memory is a visual essay inspired by the work of aby warburg, particularly his essay notes on a journey to the pueblo indians. An intellectual biography, with a memoir on the history of the library by f. The purpose of the foundation is to promote scholarship in hamburg.
The most important of aby warburgs unpublished or posthumously published working papers is listed in e. The eldest son of a jewish family that ran a prominent banking firm, he was unwilling to reconcile himself either to a future in business or to the religious strictures of his family, so he proposed a trade. A comparison between these three scholars, two art historians and a literary scholar, offers new insights into the beginnings of the study of images, known as. Memory, metaphor, and aby warburgs atlas of images is a most erudite and thoughtful analysis of warburgs role in twentiethcentury intellectual history. Aby warburg 18661929 is best known as the originator of the discipline of iconology and as the founder of the institute that bears his name.
A member of the school of advanced study, its focus is the study of cultural history and the role of images in culture crossdisciplinary and global. Aby warburg was born in hamburg in 1866, some twenty years ahead of the generation from which the driving forces of modernity would emerge. A hard copy of the current version is available at the warburg institute archive. At the heart of his research was the legacy of the classical world, and the transmission of classical representation, in the most varied areas of. It is concerned with the histories of art and science, and their relationship with superstition, magic, and popular beliefs. The warburg institute archive now also incorporates the working papers and private correspondence of e. The dissertation explores the relationship between aby warburgs unfinished picture atlas mnemosyne and the visualization of art history around 18001900 in an attempt to understand the historical conditions regarding the picture atlas and other visual devices constructed by warburg and his staff at the kulturwissenschaftlichen bibliothek. The absorption of the expressive values of the past. Begun in earnest in 1927, and left unfinished at the time of warburgs death in 1929, the atlas consisted of sixtythree large wooden panels. Warburg grew up the eldest son in a wealthy devoutly jewish banking family.
Aby warburg synonyms, aby warburg pronunciation, aby warburg translation, english dictionary definition of aby warburg. Johnson focuses on the way warburgs triumph is rooted in metaphor and metonymy. His followers included such celebrated art historians of the twentieth century as erwin panofsky, edgar wind. The purposeful discontinuities and juxtapositions of aby warburgs iconography and how they can be used to analyze other imagery. Aby moritz warburg june, 1866 october 26, 1929, was a german art historian and cultural theorist who founded a private library for cultural studies, the kulturwissenschaftliche bibliothek warburg, which was later moved to the warburg institute, london. Warburg and walter benjamin, wiesbaden 2000 marianne koos ed. An intellectual biography 1970, the sense of order 1979 and the preference for the primitive posthumously in 2002. Crede mihi, plus est, quam quod videatur, imago ovid, heroides, xiii. Philippealain michaud aby warburg 18661929 is best known as the originator of the discipline of iconology and as the founder of the institute that bears his name. Project muse memory, metaphor, and aby warburgs atlas. Alla francese that is the counterpart to allantica designates the fashion from france that was popular at. Later reduction of the harmony to abstract geometry instead of to. Various levels of transferring the cosmic system to humanity. Online bilderatlas mnemosyne the warburg institute.
His father moritz warburg, hoped his son would take over as a banker as did his mother charlotte oppenheimer warburg. This book is the first in english to focus on his last project, the encyclopedic atlas of images. To access those items that are open to readers, permission must be obtained in advance from the literary estate of e. Warburg, aby abraham moritz warburg, 18661929, german historian of art and culture, b. The abywarburgstiftung is a foundation under german civil law. Warburg himself had apparently forbidden it, and saxl considered only. Abraham moritz warburg june 1866, hamburg 26 october 1929, hamburg was a german art historian and cultural theorist who founded a private library for cultural studies, the kulturwissenschaftliche bibliothek warburg, later warburg institute. Interviews with philosopher raymond klibansky who worked with warburg in hamburg in the 1920s and art historian margaret iversen, complement a wide ranging selection of still and moving images that create a vivid portrait of.
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