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Subject(s)

• Bing, Gertrud—Criticism and interpretation [Browse]
• Saxl, Fritz 1890-1948 [Browse]
• Warburg, Aby 1866-1929 [Browse]
• Art historians—Germany—Biography [Browse]
• Art historians—Great Britain—Biography [Browse]
• Scholars—Germany—Biography [Browse]
• Scholars—Great Britain—Biography [Browse]

Series

• Studies in iconology ; 16. [More in this series]
• Studies in Iconology 16

Summary note

Sie stand anderen zur Seite und wu€te sie zu inspirieren." It is clear that Ernst H. Gombrich saw Gertrud Bing (1892-1964) as the muse in the circle of scholars around Aby M. Warburg (1866-1929). Others have compared her to the figure of the nymph, which was essential to Warburg's thought. Indeed, with Warburg's fascination for the ninfa fiorentina, a picturing of 'the feminine' enters into the centre of his thinking. However, Warburg almost never voiced opinions about the role of gender in the structure of society. Nor does it seem that he actually admitted women to his intellectual universe. Gertrud Bing, it turns out, was the rare exception. Who was Gertrud Bing and what was her personal contribution to Warburg's scientific project? This essay intends to map the agency of Gertrud Bing, in a way that she herself would have probably preferred. According to her, the ideal biography ought to merge the personal with the intellectual, since, what one experiences as a human being will also find its way into the academic oeuvre one leaves behind.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages [99]-105) and index.

ISBN

• 9789042941915
• 904294191X

OCLC

1154775114

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