DidiHuberman, Georges

Atlas, or the Anxious Gay Science

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ISBN 13:: 9780226439471
author:: DidiHuberman, Georges
format:: Hardback
publisher:: University of Chicago Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2018
Pages:: 400
Dimensions:: 21.84 x 14.73 x 3.05 centimetres
Genre:: Arts & Photography, Art, European,
Condition:: New
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Aby Warburg's Mnemosyne Atlas is a groundbreaking work of mixed media assemblage, comprising hundreds of images from antiquity to the Renaissance, arranged in striking juxtapositions. Created during his final years after a breakdown and institutionalization, it continues to influence contemporary artists. This book explores the relationship between suffering and knowledge in Western thought, drawing on sources ranging from ancient Babylon to Walter Benjamin. Georges Didi-Huberman's writing offers a unique blend of insight and elan, mirroring Warburg's own idiosyncratic style. Through its rich and varied exploration, Atlas, or the Anxious Gay Science sheds new light on the creative potential of associative thinking and the power of art to illuminate our understanding of the world.

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