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The Warburg Institute is concerned mainly with cultural history, art history and history of ideas, especially in the Renaissance. It aims to promote and conduct research on the interaction of cultures, using verbal and visual materials. It specializes ...

School of Advanced Study, University of London


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    The Karlsruhe Piranesi Albums: Recovering an Eighteenth-Century Antiquarian Enterprise

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2018 54:53


    Professor Christoph Frank, Università della Svizzera italiana Christoph Frank received his PhD in the History of the Classical Tradition from the Warburg Institute in 1993. Since 2005 he has been Professor of the History and Theory of Art and Arc...

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    Burckhardt at 200: interpreting the Italian Renaissance past, present and future

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2018 74:22


    Peter Burke (Professor Emeritus of Cultural History, University of Cambridge) Jonathan Jones (Art critic for The Guardian and former judge of the Turner Prize) Martin Ruehl (Senior Lecturer in German History and Thought, University of Cambridge)

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    Goldsmiths, ivory carvers, embroiderers: identity in the medieval workshop

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2018 58:42


    Speaker: Glyn Davies, Museum of London

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    Mediation and Transformation | Alchemy and New Technology

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2018 75:12


    Speaker: Adam Lowe, Factum Arte, Madrid

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    The Book as World and the World as Book

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2018 66:56


    On 20 April 2018, the Warburg Institute (in conjunction with the Cervantes Institute) will host an event on books and readers in the Spanish-speaking world, with the theme 'The Book as World, the World as Book'. The day will culminate in a conversation...

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    Master and Apprentice: Transferring Skills in the London Huguenot Communities

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2018 58:16


    Tessa Murdoch, Victoria and Albert Museum Re-opening the Workshop: Medieval to Early Modern - Lecture Series Workshop and workshop practices represent a core and dynamic research strand in the history of art. This strand encompasses the study of ...

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    Alonso Berruguete, 'the son of Laocoon', and his assimilation of the Classical sources

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 46:43


    Speaker: Manuel Arias, Museo Nacional da Escultura, Valladolid Re-opening the Workshop: Medieval to Early Modern - Lecture Series Workshop and workshop practices represent a core and dynamic research strand in the history of art. This strand enco...

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    Addressing and Undressing the Female Body in the Magdalene Chapel at San Francesco, Assisi

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2017


    The Warburg Institute Addressing and Undressing the Female Body in the Magdalene Chapel at San Francesco, Assisi Keynote address Penny Jolly (Skidmore College)

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    Addressing and Undressing the Female Body in the Magdalene Chapel at San Francesco, Assisi

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2017 53:30


    The Warburg Institute Addressing and Undressing the Female Body in the Magdalene Chapel at San Francesco, Assisi Keynote address Penny Jolly (Skidmore College)

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    'Divine proportion' in Renaissance Venice: Bellini, Carpaccio and Luca Pacioli

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2017 50:24


    The Warburg Institute 'Divine proportion' in Renaissance Venice: Bellini, Carpaccio and Luca Pacioli Paul Hills (Professor Emeritus, The Courtauld Institute of Art) Venetian painting around 1500 is marked by a distinctive geometry. In ...

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    'Divine proportion' in Renaissance Venice: Bellini, Carpaccio and Luca Pacioli

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2017


    The Warburg Institute 'Divine proportion' in Renaissance Venice: Bellini, Carpaccio and Luca Pacioli Paul Hills (Professor Emeritus, The Courtauld Institute of Art) Venetian painting around 1500 is marked by a distinctive geometry. In ...

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    Concepts of 'Nachleben'. Aby Warburg, Friedrich Gundolf and Julius von Schlosser as Book Collectors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2017 61:12


    Warburg Institute Concepts of 'Nachleben'. Aby Warburg, Friedrich Gundolf and Julius von Schlosser as Book Collectors Michael Thimann (Professor of History of Art, Georg-August-University Göttingen) This lecture focusses on three ch...

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    Concepts of 'Nachleben'. Aby Warburg, Friedrich Gundolf and Julius von Schlosser as Book Collectors

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2017


    Warburg Institute Concepts of 'Nachleben'. Aby Warburg, Friedrich Gundolf and Julius von Schlosser as Book Collectors Michael Thimann (Professor of History of Art, Georg-August-University Göttingen) This lecture focusses on three ch...

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    Early Faces

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2017 41:50


    Warburg Institute Early Faces Professor Ludwig Morenz (University of Bonn) Recent discoveries have pushed the boundaries of art making into unimaginable depths of time and across diverse geographies bringing to light the crucial role o...

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    Early Faces

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2017


    Warburg Institute Early Faces Professor Ludwig Morenz (University of Bonn) Recent discoveries have pushed the boundaries of art making into unimaginable depths of time and across diverse geographies bringing to light the crucial role o...

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    The Origin of Symbolic Material Culture. What does the Archaeological Record say?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017 67:33


    Warburg Institute The Origin of Symbolic Material Culture. What does the Archaeological Record say? Professor Francesco d'Errico (University of Bordeaux) Recent discoveries have pushed the boundaries of art making into unimaginable dep...

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    The Origin of Symbolic Material Culture. What does the Archaeological Record say?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2017


    Warburg Institute The Origin of Symbolic Material Culture. What does the Archaeological Record say? Professor Francesco d'Errico (University of Bordeaux) Recent discoveries have pushed the boundaries of art making into unimaginable dep...

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    Environment versus culture: Rock Art in the Context of Holocene Climatic change

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017 56:53


    Warburg Institute Environment versus culture: Rock Art in the Context of Holocene Climatic change Dr Maria Guagnin (University of Oxford) Recent discoveries have pushed the boundaries of art making into unimaginable depths of time and ...

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    Environment versus culture: Rock Art in the Context of Holocene Climatic change

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2017


    Warburg Institute Environment versus culture: Rock Art in the Context of Holocene Climatic change Dr Maria Guagnin (University of Oxford) Recent discoveries have pushed the boundaries of art making into unimaginable depths of time and ...

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    Human Art: The First 30,000 Years. New Perspectives on Palaeolithic Cave Art and the First Known Images

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017 75:50


    Warburg Institute Human Art: The First 30,000 Years. New Perspectives on Palaeolithic Cave Art and the First Known Images Professor Paul Pettitt (Durham University) Recent discoveries have pushed the boundaries of art making into unima...

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    Human Art: The First 30,000 Years. New Perspectives on Palaeolithic Cave Art and the First Known Images

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2017


    Warburg Institute Human Art: The First 30,000 Years. New Perspectives on Palaeolithic Cave Art and the First Known Images Professor Paul Pettitt (Durham University) Recent discoveries have pushed the boundaries of art making into unima...

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    Contemporary Image Conflicts: Violence and Iconoclasm from Charlie Hebdo to Daesh - Christiane Gruber

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2017


    Warburg Institute Contemporary Image Conflicts: Violence and Iconoclasm from Charlie Hebdo to Daesh Christiane Gruber (University of Michigan) ISIS, Truculent Iconophilia, and Extinguishing the Gray Zone Workshop organised by the Wa...

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    The Shock of the Old. Art in the European Ice Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2017


    Warburg Institute The Shock of the Old. Art in the European Ice Age Dr Jill Cook (British Museum) Recent discoveries have pushed the boundaries of art making into unimaginable depths of time and across diverse geographies bringing to l...

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    The Shock of the Old. Art in the European Ice Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2017 66:21


    Warburg Institute The Shock of the Old. Art in the European Ice Age Dr Jill Cook (British Museum) Recent discoveries have pushed the boundaries of art making into unimaginable depths of time and across diverse geographies bringing to l...

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    The Stone Age Origin of Art: What, When, Where, Why and by Whom?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2017 59:20


    The Warburg Institute The Stone Age Origin of Art: What, When, Where, Why and by Whom? Professor Steve Mithen (University of Reading) Recent discoveries have pushed the boundaries of art making into unimaginable depths of time and acro...

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    The Stone Age Origin of Art: What, When, Where, Why and by Whom?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2017


    The Warburg Institute The Stone Age Origin of Art: What, When, Where, Why and by Whom? Professor Steve Mithen (University of Reading) Recent discoveries have pushed the boundaries of art making into unimaginable depths of time and acro...

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    Lachmann today: The debate on the method of textual criticism and its consequences for the history of ancient art

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2016


    Warburg Institute Lachmann today: The debate on the method of textual criticism and its consequences for the history of ancient art Luca Giuliani (Humboldt Berlin)

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    Lachmann today: The debate on the method of textual criticism and its consequences for the history of ancient art

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2016 69:28


    Warburg Institute Lachmann today: The debate on the method of textual criticism and its consequences for the history of ancient art Luca Giuliani (Humboldt Berlin)

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    The Role of Erasmus in the Career of Gilbert Cousin of Nozeroy (1506-72)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2016 62:17


    Warburg Institute The Role of Erasmus in the Career of Gilbert Cousin of Nozeroy (1506-72) Ann Blair (Harvard University)

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    The Role of Erasmus in the Career of Gilbert Cousin of Nozeroy (1506-72)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2016


    Warburg Institute The Role of Erasmus in the Career of Gilbert Cousin of Nozeroy (1506-72) Ann Blair (Harvard University)

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    Per Monstra ad Sphaeram: Aby Warburg and the Future of the Humanities

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2016 71:46


    Warburg Institute Per Monstra ad Sphaeram: Aby Warburg and the Future of the Humanities David Freedberg (Warburg Institute)

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    Per Monstra ad Sphaeram: Aby Warburg and the Future of the Humanities

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2016


    Warburg Institute Per Monstra ad Sphaeram: Aby Warburg and the Future of the Humanities David Freedberg (Warburg Institute)

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    Contemporary Image Conflicts: Violence and Iconoclasm from Charlie Hebdo to Daesh - Hugh Kennedy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2016


    Warburg Institute Contemporary Image Conflicts: Violence and Iconoclasm from Charlie Hebdo to Daesh Hugh Kennedy (SOAS) The Iconography of ISIS Workshop organised by the Warburg Institute in conjunction with the Bilderfahrzeuge Proj...

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    Contemporary Image Conflicts: Violence and Iconoclasm from Charlie Hebdo to Daesh - Christiane Gruber

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2016


    Warburg Institute Contemporary Image Conflicts: Violence and Iconoclasm from Charlie Hebdo to Daesh Johannes von Müller (Bilderfahrzeuge) Introduction Christiane Gruber (University of Michigan) ISIS, Truculent Iconophilia, a...

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    Contemporary Image Conflicts: Violence and Iconoclasm from Charlie Hebdo to Daesh - Hugh Kennedy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2016


    Warburg Institute Contemporary Image Conflicts: Violence and Iconoclasm from Charlie Hebdo to Daesh Hugh Kennedy (SOAS) The Iconography of ISIS Workshop organised by the Warburg Institute in conjunction with the Bilderfahrzeuge Proj...

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    Contemporary Image Conflicts: Violence and Iconoclasm from Charlie Hebdo to Daesh - David Freedberg

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2016


    Warburg Institute Contemporary Image Conflicts: Violence and Iconoclasm from Charlie Hebdo to Daesh David Freedberg (Warburg Institute) Making Images, Breaking Images. Iconoclasm in the Age of Digital Reproduction Workshop organised...

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    The Scholastic Origins of a Renaissance Humanist: The Isagoge of Symphorien Champier

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2015


    Warburg Institute The Scholastic Origins of a Renaissance Humanist: The Isagoge of Symphorien Champier Professor Brian Copenhaver (UCLA) Symphorien Champier made his medical career as an advocate of the new classicism of Quattrocento Ita...

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    The Scholastic Origins of a Renaissance Humanist: The Isagoge of Symphorien Champier

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2015


    Warburg Institute The Scholastic Origins of a Renaissance Humanist: The Isagoge of Symphorien Champier Professor Brian Copenhaver (UCLA) Symphorien Champier made his medical career as an advocate of the new classicism of Quattrocento Ita...

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    Nutrire il corpo, nutrire lo sprito: alcune cene rinascimentali tra cibo e parola

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2015


    Warburg Institute Nutrire il corpo, nutrire lo sprito: alcune cene rinascimentali tra cibo e parola Professor Nuccio Ordine (Calabria)

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    Nutrire il corpo, nutrire lo sprito: alcune cene rinascimentali tra cibo e parola

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2015 50:40


    Warburg Institute Nutrire il corpo, nutrire lo sprito: alcune cene rinascimentali tra cibo e parola Professor Nuccio Ordine (Calabria)

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