“The Mnemosyne Atlas”: non finito in the history of art

Authors

  • Marina Yu. Toropygina Russian Institute for Culturology, Russia Author

Keywords:

Aby Warburg, “Mnemosyne Atlas”, Pathosformel, iconology, image and text, academic discourse, art history

Abstract

“The Mnemosyne Atlas” is Aby Warburg’s last project. This collection of Antiquity’s Pathosformel was designed to create Denkraum – a zone for reasoning, a space for thought one requires when confronting the magic world of images. Working mainly with visual evidence, Warburg transcends the limits of academic textual discourse. This unfinished project is valuable precisely because of its non finito – the essential nature of this art history masterpiece as an open work.

Author Biography

  • Marina Yu. Toropygina, Russian Institute for Culturology, Russia
    Toropygina, Marina Yu. Russian Institute for Culturology, researcher

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Published

2012-10-11

Issue

Vol. 2 (2012): Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art

Section

Western Art of the 19th-20th Centuries and Theory of Art

How to Cite

Toropygina, M. Y. (2012). “The Mnemosyne Atlas”: non finito in the history of art. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art, 2, 314–320. https://publ.actual-art.org/aptha/article/view/10432