This book focuses on Aby Warburg (1866-1929); one of the legendary figures of twentieth century cultural history. His collection; which is now housed in the Warburg Institute of the University of London bears witness to his idiosyncratic approach to a psychology of symbolism; and explores the Nachleben of classical antiquity in its manifold cultural legacy. This collection of essays offers the first translation of one of Warburgs key essays; the Gombrich lecture; described by Carlo Ginzburg as the richest and most penetrating interpretation of Warburg and original essays on Warburgs astrology; his Mnemosyne project and his favourite topic of festivals. Richard Woodfield is Research Professor in the Faculty of Art and Design at the Nottingham Trent University; England. He has edited E.H Gombrichs Reflections on the History of Art (1987); Gombrich on Art and Psychology (1996); The Essential Gombrich (1996); and a volume on Riegl in the Critical Voices in Art; Theory and Culture series. He is also the General Editor of a new series of books for G+B Arts International; Aesthetics and the Arts. Edited by Richard Woodfield; Research Professor in the Faculty of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University; UK.
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