Aby Warburg: An Intellectual Biography
- ISBN-10
- 0714824275
- ISBN-13
- 9780714824277
- Pages
- 376
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Phaidon
- Authors
- Ernst Hans Gombrich, Fritz Saxl
Description
This book introduces the reader to the ideas and the personality of a scholar who exerted a major influence on the course of art-historical studies through his publications, through the Institute which bears his name, and through his disciples, who include some of the most eminent people in the field.
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