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The Afterlife of the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg
Language: de
Pages: 0
Authors: Uwe Fleckner
Categories: Humanities libraries
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: de Gruyter

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In 1933, the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg left its home in Hamburg and went into exile in London, salvaging the books and painting collection of i
Disability Histories
Language: en
Pages: 417
Authors: Susan Burch
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-30 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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The field of disability history continues to evolve rapidly. In this collection, Susan Burch and Michael Rembis present essays that integrate critical analysis
Edmund de Waal Library of Exile
Language: en
Pages: 80
Authors: Edmund de Waal
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-06 - Publisher:

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Published to mark the display of library of exile at the British Museum, this beautifully produced new book reflects on the themes raised by de Waal's thought-p
Aby Warburg: Bilderatlas Mnemosyne
Language: en
Pages: 176
Authors: Aby Warburg
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-03-23 - Publisher: Hatje Cantz

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From 1925 until his death in 1929 the Hamburg-based art and cultural scholar Aby Warburg worked on his Mnemosyne Atlas, a volume of plates that has, in the mean
Humanism and the Urban World
Language: en
Pages: 256
Authors: Caspar Pearson
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-10-20 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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In Humanism and the Urban World, Caspar Pearson offers a profoundly revisionist account of Leon Battista Alberti’s approach to the urban environment as exempl