Warburg Institute and Its Library: Road Map to Cultural Exchange Routes

Kathleen de la Peña McCook

Warburg Institute and Its Library: Road Map to Cultural Exchange Routes

University of South Florida

Research output: Other contribution

Abstract

   Aby Warburg  , (1866 – 1929) was a German art historian and cultural theorist who founded the Library for Cultural Studies (Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg-KBW) in Hamburg, Germany, a private library, which was later moved to the Warburg Institute, London. At the heart of Warburg's research was the legacy of the classical world, and the transmission of classical representation, in the most varied areas of Western culture through to the Renaissance.
 By the time the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg moved from Warburg’s home into the new library building in 1926 the number of books had reached 44,000. When the library left Hamburg on 12 December 1933 it consisted of nearly 60,000 books and 25,000 photographs. Warburg also acquired entire collections. In 1924, for example, he received the library of the recently deceased classicist and expert in ancient astrology, Franz Boll (1867–1924). 
 

Original language	American English
State	Published - Aug 5 2023

Keywords

Warburg Library
Library History
Art History
Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg

Disciplines

Social and Behavioral Sciences

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