Nymphs – $395
by rgonzalezr
In 1900, art historians André Jolles and Aby Warburg constructed an experimental dialogue in which Jolles supposed he had fallen in love with the figure of a young woman in a painting: “A fantastic figure—shall I call her a servant girl, or rather a classical nymph?…what is the meaning of it all?…Who is the nymph? Where does she come from?” Warburg’s response: “in essence she is an elemental spirit, a pagan goddess in exile,” serves as the touchstone for this […]
Categories: Arte, Filosofía, Teoría • Tags: 2013, Agamben, critical, critical theory, female representation, history of art, iconography, nymph, Seagull books, Theory