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Art historian Aby Warburg devoted himself to reinterpreting the revival of antiquity within the Renaissance. This study argues that Warburg's work and teachings developed as a reaction to the growing anti-semitism in Germany, which he saw as a threat to classical education and universal scholarship.

Von August 1926 bis Oktober 1929 fuhrten Warburg, Gertrud Bing und Fritz Saxl gemeinsam ein institutionelles Tagebuch. Dieses Journal dokumentiert in 9 Banden ausfuhrlich die ersten Jahre der Bibliothek Warburg im neuen Gebaude in der Heilwigstrasse 116 sowie Warburgs letzte Reise nach Rom. Die Dokumentation halt kleinste Details des Alltagslebens der neuen Institution ebenso fest, wie weit in die Zukunft weisende Forschungsplane. Sie gibt vor allem Einblick in Warburgs Arbeitsweise, die in hohem Masse auf den intellektuellen Austausch mit gleichgesinnten Kollegen ausgerichtet war. Das...

This volume presents the impressive range of scholarly affinities, approaches, and subjects that characterize today's word and image studies. The essays were first presented in 2005 at an international conference.

Reflection on the history and practice of art history has long been a major topic of research and scholarship, and this volume builds on this tradition by offering a critical survey of many of the major developments in the contemporary discipline, such as the impact of digital technologies, the rise of visual studies or new initiatives in conservation theory and practice. Alongside these methodological issues this book addresses the mostly neglected question of the impact of national contexts on the development of the discipline. Taking a wide range of case studies, this book examines the...