[image] Abraham Moritz Warburg, known as Aby Warburg, (June 13, 1866 – October 26, 1929) was an art historian and cultural theorist who founded a private Library for Cultural Studies, the Kulturwisenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, later Warburg Institute. At the heart of his research was the legacy of the Classical World in the most varied areas of western culture through to the Renaissance. [image retrieved from http://collecting-matters.tumblr.com/post/35506833273/aby-m-warburg-and-mnemosyne-atlas]
An Aby Warburg moment? ... ships on the high seas, navigating difficult territories, brooding clouds, occupying different spaces, at different times, in different places, a cross cultural transport ... thanks to kevin via veronica via bela via the guardian via riley ...
* apologise to bela for having spelt her name wrong in the original post....
