Thoughts on a Broken Cup

Authors

  • Roberto Fabián Casazza Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno (BNMM); Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36025/arj.v9i1.29646

Keywords:

Warburg Institute, Paganism, Christianity, Apollonian, Dionysian, Celestial sphere

Abstract

The Warburgian method allows us to understand cultural configurations and art pieces, by analyzing the historical forces that are in them synthesized. This paper attempts to illustrate, by examining some visual examples, the core of the Warburgian method, consisting of piercing works and documents to reveal the heterodox and hardly amalgamable cultural strata that coexist in them. In dialogue with Walter Benjamin’s ideas on history, the paper presents, as a limited set of thesis, some thoughts inspired by the fracture of a teacup decorated with the Warburg Institute logo. 

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Author Biography

Roberto Fabián Casazza, Biblioteca Nacional Mariano Moreno (BNMM); Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR)

Roberto Fabián Casazza (MA, PhD) is Professor of History of Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario and Professor of History of Medieval Philosophy at the Universidad de Buenos Aires (city where he lives). Develops in the Biblioteca Nacional de Argentina the program "Incunabula in Latin American collections".

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Published

28-07-2022

How to Cite

CASAZZA, R. F. Thoughts on a Broken Cup. Art Research Journal: Revista de Pesquisa em Artes, [S. l.], v. 9, n. 1, 2022. DOI: 10.36025/arj.v9i1.29646. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufrn.br/artresearchjournal/article/view/29646. Acesso em: 21 dec. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2022): Dossier Warburg: Contributions to The Warburg 2019 International Symposium, Buenos Aires

Section

Variations on the Warburgian

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