The Atlas Era. Aby Warburg and the potentialities of madness

Authors

  • Federico Ruvituso Instituto de Historia del Arte Argentino y Americano Facultad de Bellas Artes Universidad Nacional de La Plata

Keywords:

Warburg, iconology, Mnemosyne Atlas, Art Historiography

Abstract

This review presents a brief tour of the book The Ascent of Atlas. Glosses about Aby Warburg (2017) by Fabián Ludueña Romandini beginning with a possible reading of its theoretical paths. Taking as its starting point Aby Warburg’s controversial and highly commented madness, the author analyzes the disquisitions of the German historian by bringing the nature of this tragic event closer to his theory of culture through a study of the themes and the sources which Warburg used in his work as an art historian. Ludueña Romandini also offers an original interpretation of the current potential of Atlas Mnemosyne, the unfinished project that Warburg developed in his last years of life.

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Published

2017-10-11

How to Cite

Ruvituso, F. (2017). The Atlas Era. Aby Warburg and the potentialities of madness. Boletín De Arte, (17), 66–71. Retrieved from https://papelcosido.fba.unlp.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/boa/article/view/491

Issue

No. 17 (2017): Boletín de Arte 17

Section

Reviews

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