Aby Warburg

by E.H. Gombrich, Fritz Saxl

s/t: An Intellectual Biography with a Memoir on the History of the Library

Genres: Art, Biography, History, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE (30 March 1909 – 3 November 2001) was an Austrian-born art historian, who spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom.

Reviews

[Marike · Rating 3 out of 5]

biggest motivation for finishing this book was to check it on goodreads LMFAO but it was surprisingly readable so if youre a nerd then i would recommend it (tho i did skim over some bits if they got too boring or detailed)

[Lovely Fortune · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a German course I took on Aby Warburg. This biography was supplemental to the essays we read by Warburg and other art historians/theorists. Although I was not a fan of this class at first (since I'm not very into art or art history), this book was able to paint (pun totally intended) a better picture of who Warburg was and how his upbringing and major life events influenced the way he saw art, especially that of the Late Roman period.

[Andrea Samorini]

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FROM BOOK: Simmetrie. Osservare l'arte di ieri con lo sguardo di oggi (Jacopo Veneziani)

[Erika · Rating 4 out of 5]

sehr klar geschrieben, Biograph mit dem größtmöglichen Einblick in Warburgs Werk, stellenweise allerdings stark interpretierend

[Mary Emily O'Hara]

You fascinate me, Warburg. "Mnemosyne" and all.

[Andrew Schoenfeld · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinating biography of Aby Warburg, extremely well written by Ernst H. Gombrich. I read this book in one go :-) !

[Lauren Albert · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this terribly abtruse and ended up skimming a lot of the book. Very disappointed since I wanted to learn more about Warburg.