Nachleben der Antike (afterlife of antiquity)
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concept in art history
concept in cultural studies
cultural-historical concept
historiographical concept
Nachleben der Antike (afterlife of antiquity) is a cultural-historical concept, central to Aby Warburg’s work, that examines how motifs, ideas, and forms from classical antiquity persist, transform, and reappear in later periods, especially the Renaissance and beyond.
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| Nachleben der Antike | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
concept in art history
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concept in cultural studies ⓘ cultural-historical concept ⓘ historiographical concept ⓘ |
| appliedTo |
literature
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political imagery ⓘ rituals and symbols ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| associatedWithSchool | Warburg School NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralToWorkOf | Aby Warburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| concerns |
cultural transmission of ancient forms
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reinterpretation of classical heritage ⓘ temporal distance between antiquity and later epochs ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | idea of a closed classical period ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
forms from classical antiquity are transformed and reappear
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ideas from classical antiquity survive in changing historical contexts ⓘ motifs from classical antiquity persist in later periods ⓘ |
| developedBy | Aby Warburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
continuities between antiquity and later cultures
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discontinuities and transformations of ancient forms ⓘ |
| examines |
migration of images
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reuse of classical motifs in Christian art ⓘ revivals of antiquity in Renaissance art ⓘ survival of ancient pathos formulas ⓘ transformations of pagan imagery ⓘ |
| fieldOfUse |
Renaissance studies
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art history ⓘ classical reception studies ⓘ cultural history ⓘ iconology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
persistence of classical motifs
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reappearance of antiquity in later art and culture ⓘ transformation of ancient forms ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | afterlife of antiquity ⓘ |
| influenced |
20th-century art-historical methodology
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cultural memory studies ⓘ later reception studies of classical antiquity ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aby Warburg's studies of Renaissance art
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philological and historical approaches to antiquity ⓘ |
| languageOfTerm | German ⓘ |
| methodologicalContext |
iconology of Aby Warburg
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interdisciplinary cultural history ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
classical tradition
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cultural memory ⓘ iconological analysis ⓘ reception of antiquity ⓘ |
| typicalHistoricalFocus |
Renaissance
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early modern period GENERATED ⓘ modernity GENERATED ⓘ |
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