![]() ![]() Gombrich's modus operandi is very clear: he selects 24 panels (out of the 63 of the latest version of the Bilderatlas of 1929) removes many images from each of the panels lays out the surviving images on a white background, in a well-balanced and hierarchical order, by modifying original formats and space relations each of the 24 panels is furnished with a brief but condensed explanation of its main topics. ![]() Preserved in two typewritten copies - one kept in London, the other in Hamburg - the Geburtstagsatlas, was for decades consigned to oblivion and still remains unpublished (see the dedicated page in The Warburg Institute website). The operation, conceived as a private gift, was probably initiated by Gertrud Bing and Fritz Saxl, or Max himself: the undertaking was intended to satisfy the family’s wishes as they continued to believe that the Mnemosyne project could be published. Warburg for the 70th birthday of Aby Warburg' brother. ![]() ![]() In 1937, Ernst Gombrich, who had just joined the Warburgkreis in London, was commissioned to produce a private edition of the Bilderatlas. 153 (February 2018) Seminario Mnemosyne, coordinated by Monica Centanni and Anna Fressola*. ![]()
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