Before Mnemosyne: Wilhelmine Cultural History Exhibitions and the Genesis of Warburg's Picture Atlas**

IF 0.6 2区 哲学 Q2 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Matthew Vollgraff
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Abstract

Aby Warburg's Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, left unfinished in 1929, has attracted significant interest in recent decades. This essay offers a new interpretation of Warburg's “picture atlas,” not in relation to modernist collage and photomontage, but as an heir to scientific pedagogical exhibitions of the late Wilhelmine period. It deals in particular with two “public enlightenment” shows curated by the Leipzig medical historian Karl Sudhoff, whose work Warburg admired and employed: the first on with the history of hygiene in Dresden in 1911, the second in Leipzig, three years later, on the development of scientific images. Like Warburg, Sudhoff appreciated artworks and artifacts as sources for the history of science and medicine. His exhibitions consisted of assemblages of photographic reproductions—some of which were provided by Warburg himself—and uncannily anticipate Mnemosyne in both form and content. By examining the exchange of materials and display methods between the two scholars, the article explores how their respective visual projects reflected deeper disagreements over the public role of science, the epistemic power of images, and the persistence of the irrational in the human psyche.
在《涅摩西涅》之前:威廉文化史展览与沃伯格图片集的诞生**
阿比-沃伯格的《Bilderatlas Mnemosyne》于 1929 年未完成,近几十年来引起了人们的极大兴趣。这篇文章对沃伯格的 "图片地图集 "进行了新的诠释,不是将其与现代主义拼贴画和摄影蒙太奇联系在一起,而是将其视为威廉时代晚期科学教育展览的继承者。书中特别介绍了由莱比锡医学史学家卡尔-苏德霍夫(Karl Sudhoff)策划的两次 "公共启蒙 "展览,沃伯格非常欣赏并采用了他的作品:第一次是 1911 年在德累斯顿举办的卫生史展览,第二次是三年后在莱比锡举办的科学图像发展展览。与沃伯格一样,苏德霍夫也非常欣赏将艺术品和手工艺品作为科学史和医学史的资料来源。他的展览由照片复制品组合而成--其中一些复制品由沃伯格本人提供--在形式和内容上都与 Mnemosyne 惊人的相似。通过研究这两位学者之间的材料和展示方法的交流,文章探讨了他们各自的视觉项目如何反映了在科学的公共角色、图像的认识能力以及人类心理中非理性的持续存在等问题上更深层次的分歧。
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Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte 社会科学-科学史与科学哲学
CiteScore
0.80
自引率
16.70%
发文量
43
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Die Geschichte der Wissenschaften ist in erster Linie eine Geschichte der Ideen und Entdeckungen, oft genug aber auch der Moden, Irrtümer und Missverständnisse. Sie hängt eng mit der Entwicklung kultureller und zivilisatorischer Leistungen zusammen und bleibt von der politischen Geschichte keineswegs unberührt.
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