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Aby Warburg
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German art historian and cultural theorist (1866–1929)
OverviewAI-generated
Aby Warburg was a German art historian and university teacher born in Hamburg in 1866. He was educated at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums and the University of Bonn. Warburg worked as a teacher at the University of Hamburg and contributed to the fields of art history, cultural history, and art theory. He wrote in German and began his professional work in 1889.
His notable works include *Astrologica*, *Le rituel du serpent*, *Mnemosyne*, *Der Bilderatlas Mnemosyne*, and *A lecture on serpent ritual*. Warburg was a member of the Warburg family and had siblings Paul Warburg, Max Warburg, and Felix M. Warburg. He died of a myocardial infarction in Hamburg in 1929 and is buried at Ohlsdorf Cemetery.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1866
- Died
- 1929
- Works
- 30
Top works
- La curación infinita : historia clínica de Aby Warburg - 1. edición
- Astrologica
- Le rituel du serpent
- Mnemosyne
- Der Bilderatlas Mnemosyne
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Key facts
- Born
- Aby Moritz Warburg , ( 1866-06-13 ) June 13, 1866, Hamburg , North German Confederation
- Died
- October 26, 1929 (1929-10-26) (aged 63), Hamburg, Germany
- Occupation
- Art historian
- Spouse
- Mary Hertz ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1897 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Moritz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Hamburg
- Place of death
- Hamburg
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums
- Employer
- University of Hamburg
- Languages spoken
- German
- Family
- Warburg family
- Student of
- Adolf Michaelis
- Field of work
- aesthetics
- Image
- Aby Warburg.jpg
- Work location
- Hamburg
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- date of birth
- 1866-06-13
- date of death
- 1929-10-26
- place of burial
- Ohlsdorf Cemetery
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- Commons gallery
- Aby Warburg
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- Commons category
- Aby Warburg
- name in native language
- Aby Warburg
- writing language
- German
- P8168
- jack-o'-lantern
- start of work period
- 1889-01-01
- end of work period
- 1929-01-01
- medical condition
- schizophrenia
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Encyclopedic overview
Aby Moritz Warburg (June 13, 1866 – October 26, 1929) was a German art historian and cultural theorist who founded the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg (Warburg Library for Cultural Studies), a private library, which was later moved to the Warburg Institute, London. At the heart of his 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.
Warburg described himself as: "Amburghese di cuore, ebreo di sangue, d'anima Fiorentino" ('Hamburger at heart, Jew by blood, Florentine in spirit').
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