Moving Memory: The Buildings of the Warburg Institute

When the Warburg Institute was transferred from Hamburg to London in 1933 its scholars were equipped with strong image-experiences of architectural design. This article tells the story of how continuity and memory were created through the Warburg Institute’s ensuing projects of architectural commiss...

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Main Author: Tim Ainsworth Anstey
Format: Article
Language:Norwegian Bokmål
Published: Scandinavian University Press 2020-01-01
Series:Kunst og Kultur
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Online Access:https://www.idunn.no/kk/2020/03/moving_memory_the_buildings_of_the_warburg_institute
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description When the Warburg Institute was transferred from Hamburg to London in 1933 its scholars were equipped with strong image-experiences of architectural design. This article tells the story of how continuity and memory were created through the Warburg Institute’s ensuing projects of architectural commissioning, addressing particularly the agency of one individual, Gertrud Bing, who as assistant librarian of the Warburg Institute participated in the design of its first building and who as Director oversaw the development of its last.
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Moving Memory: The Buildings of the Warburg Institute
Kunst og Kultur
Art History
Architecture
Warburg
Memory
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Hamburg
title Moving Memory: The Buildings of the Warburg Institute
title_full Moving Memory: The Buildings of the Warburg Institute
title_fullStr Moving Memory: The Buildings of the Warburg Institute
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Architecture
Warburg
Memory
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Hamburg
url https://www.idunn.no/kk/2020/03/moving_memory_the_buildings_of_the_warburg_institute
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