Aby Warburg and Pueblo Art.
Hatje Cantz| N° d'inventaire | 25751 |
| Format | 23 x 30 |
| Détails | 400 p., richly illustrated, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Berlin, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9783775752022 |
Aby Warburg Pueblo Art Collection
The legacy of art and culture scientist Aby Warburg offers many topics for reevaluation. Almost unknown until now are the artifacts he collected during a trip through the southwestern United States in 1895/96 and donated to the Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg (now the Museum am Rothenbaum). The findings first revealed themselves in Warburg's famous lecture on the "Snake Ritual" of the Hopi (1923). Following Warburg's transdisciplinary approach, this publication examines his guiding principles in assembling his collection as well as his interpretation of Pueblo art and culture. It pays homage to the works and their artistic significance and sheds light on the circumstances of acquisition within the sociopolitical environment of the Pueblo communities at the time. The contemporary fascination with the snake ritual is also a topic.
ABY WARBURG (1866–1929) is considered the founder of a modern art history oriented toward cultural studies. His research focused primarily on the investigation of the afterlife from Antiquity to the Renaissance, which he recorded in his iconic Bilderatlas Mnemosyne.
Aby Warburg Pueblo Art Collection
The legacy of art and culture scientist Aby Warburg offers many topics for reevaluation. Almost unknown until now are the artifacts he collected during a trip through the southwestern United States in 1895/96 and donated to the Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg (now the Museum am Rothenbaum). The findings first revealed themselves in Warburg's famous lecture on the "Snake Ritual" of the Hopi (1923). Following Warburg's transdisciplinary approach, this publication examines his guiding principles in assembling his collection as well as his interpretation of Pueblo art and culture. It pays homage to the works and their artistic significance and sheds light on the circumstances of acquisition within the sociopolitical environment of the Pueblo communities at the time. The contemporary fascination with the snake ritual is also a topic.
ABY WARBURG (1866–1929) is considered the founder of a modern art history oriented toward cultural studies. His research focused primarily on the investigation of the afterlife from Antiquity to the Renaissance, which he recorded in his iconic Bilderatlas Mnemosyne.