Between Tradition and Modernity: Aby Warburg and the Public Purposes of Art in Hamburg Contributor(s): Russell, Mark A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1845453697 ISBN-13: 9781845453695 Publisher: Berghahn Books OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2007 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Individual Artists - General - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | Europe - Germany |
Dewey: 709.2 |
LCCN: 2006035607 |
Series: Monographs in German History |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.23 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Germany |
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Publisher Description: Aby Warburg (1866-1929), founder of the Warburg Institute, was one of the most influential cultural historians of the twentieth century. Focusing on the period 1896-1918, this is the first in-depth, book-length study of his response to German political, social and cultural modernism. It analyses Warburg's response to the effects of these phenomena through a study of his involvement with the creation of some of the most important public artworks in Germany. Using a wide array of archival sources, including many of his unpublished working papers and much of his correspondence, the author demonstrates that Warburg's thinking on contemporary art was the product of two important influences: his engagement with Hamburg's civic affairs and his affinity with influential reform movements seeking a greater role for the middle classes in the political, social and cultural leadership of the nation. Thus a lively picture of Hamburg's cultural life emerges as it responded to artistic modernism, animated by private initiative and public discourse, and charged with debate. |
Contributor Bio(s): Russell, Mark A.: - Mark A. Russell is an Assistant Professor at the Liberal Arts College of Concordia University, Montreal. He holds degrees from the University of Toronto and a Ph.D. from Cambridge University. His work on culture in Imperial Germany has appeared in The Historical Journal, The Canadian Journal of History and German History. |