The fortune of Gertrud Bing (1892-1964) : a fragmented memoir of a phantomlike muse / Laura Tack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tack, Laura, author.

Series:

Studies in iconology ; 16.

Studies in Iconology ; 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bing, Gertrud--Criticism and interpretation.

Bing, Gertrud.

Saxl, Fritz, 1890-1948.

Saxl, Fritz.

Warburg, Aby, 1866-1929.

Warburg, Aby.

Art historians--Germany--Biography.

Art historians.

Scholars.

Criticism and interpretation.

Germany.

Great Britain.

Art historians--Great Britain--Biography.

Scholars--Germany--Biography.

Scholars--Great Britain--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xvi, 109 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 17 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven ; Paris ; Bristol, CT : Peeters, 2020.

Summary:

Sie stand anderen zur Seite und wusste 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.

Notes:

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

ISBN:

9789042941915

904294191X

OCLC:

1154775114