Warburg's desk. (1st October 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hensel, Thomas
• Is Part Of: Philosophy of photography. Volume 8:Number 1/2(2017)
• Page Start: 53
• Page End: 74
• Publication Date: 2017-10-01
• Subjects: Photography -- Philosophy -- Periodicals; 770.1
• DOI: 10.1386/pop.8.1-2.53_1
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-3682

Abstract

The article deals with an object which has hitherto been overlooked, but which was essential to Aby Warburg's work: the desk. While in a first step sources are collected from and about Warburg, which emphasize the significance of the desk for Warburg's work, a second step is taken to reconstruct a specific type of desk that was of great importance to Warburg. From the identification of this work table the thesis is derived that this table played a decisive role in the formation of the tableaus of the Mnemosyne Atlas.