The Snake and the Lightning: Aby Warburg's American Journey

An unprecedented excavation of Warburg's famous 1895 visit to the Pueblo peoples, compiling his photographs, drawings, writings and archival documentation

When the great German art theorist and historian Aby Warburg (1866-1929) left for the United States in September 1895, few would have guessed that his search for the symbolic strata of art would prove to be one of the most foundational and critically debated events in the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3775751602
• ISBN13: 9783775751605
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.7"