Aby Warburg
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Aby Moritz Warburg, better known as Aby Warburg, (June 13, 1866 – October 26, 1929) was a German art historian and cultural theorist who founded the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg (Library for Cultural Studies), a private library, which was later moved to the Warburg Institute, London. At the heart of his research was the legacy of the classical world, and the transmission of classical representation, in the most varied areas of Western culture through to the Renaissance.
German art historian (1866–1929)
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 Aby Warburg around 1925 | |
| Born | Aby Moritz Warburg (1866-06-13)June 13, 1866 |
| Died | October 26, 1929(1929-10-26) (aged 63) Hamburg |
| Nationality | German |
| Occupation | Art historian |
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| Children | Marietta (1899–1973) Max Adolph (1902–1974) Frede C. Warburg (1904–2004) |
Warburg described himself as: "Amburghese di cuore, ebreo di sangue, d'anima Fiorentino"[1] ('Hamburger at heart, Jew by blood, Florentine in spirit').