Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg

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Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg was Aby Warburg’s pioneering interdisciplinary research library in Hamburg, dedicated to the study of cultural history, art, and the transmission of symbols, which later evolved into the Warburg Institute in London.

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instanceOf cultural history research institution
humanities library
research library
affiliation University of Hamburg (informal scholarly milieu) NERFINISHED
alternativeName Warburg Library of Cultural Science NERFINISHED
Warburg-Bibliothek für Kulturwissenschaft NERFINISHED
collectionSize over 60,000 volumes
tens of thousands of photographs
country Germany NERFINISHED
dissolvedOrTransformed 1933
fieldOfWork Renaissance studies
art history
classical tradition
cultural history
history of ideas
iconology
interdisciplinary cultural studies
symbolism
follows Aby Warburg’s method of cultural-historical analysis
foundedAs private research library
foundedBy Aby Warburg NERFINISHED
hasKeyPerson Edgar Wind NERFINISHED
Ernst Cassirer NERFINISHED
Erwin Panofsky NERFINISHED
Fritz Saxl NERFINISHED
Gertrud Bing NERFINISHED
hasPart image collection
photographic collection
reading room
hasResearchFocus astrology and cosmology in Renaissance culture
relationship between art, religion, and society
rituals and festivals in cultural history
survival of classical antiquity in later cultures
transmission of symbols and images across time
inception 1909
inspired development of iconological method in art history
studies of the Nachleben der Antike (afterlife of antiquity)
knownFor idiosyncratic classification system based on themes and problems
influence on modern art history and cultural studies
interdisciplinary approach to cultural history
languageOfWorkOrName German
locatedIn Hamburg
namedAfter Aby Warburg NERFINISHED
notableWork Mnemosyne Atlas (as research project context) NERFINISHED
operatedBy Warburg family (initially) NERFINISHED
relocatedTo London NERFINISHED
successor Warburg Institute NERFINISHED
Warburg Institute Library NERFINISHED

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The Warburg Institute hasPredecessor Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg