Lightning Symbol and Snake Dance

Name: Lightning Symbol and Snake Dance
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SKU: 9783775752022
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Aby Warburg and Pueblo Art

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Lightning Symbol and Snake Dance explores Aby Warburg's remarkable journey through the American Southwest in 1895/96, focusing on the artifacts he collected and their cultural significance. The book revisits Warburg's iconic lecture on the Hopi "snake ritual" and delves into his transdisciplinary methods in interpreting Pueblo art and culture. It highlights the artistic importance of these works and contextualises their acquisition within the sociopolitical realities of the time. Additionally, it examines contemporary efforts by Pueblo leaders to reclaim interpretive authority over their cultural symbols and practices.
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Format: Hardback

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This publication will appeal to readers interested in arts and culture, particularly those fascinated by anthropology, indigenous studies, and the legacy of Aby Warburg. It is suited to scholars, students, and culturally engaged audiences seeking a nuanced understanding of Pueblo art and cultural heritage.

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The legacy of the art and cultural scientist Aby Warburg offers many subjects for reassessment. Almost unknown until now are the artifacts he collected on a journey through the southwest of the US in 1895/96 and donated to the Museum für Völkerkunde in Hamburg (today Museum am Rothenbaum). The results first unfolded in Warburg's famous lecture on the "snake ritual" of the Hopi (1923).

Following Warburg's transdisciplinary approach, this publication examines his guiding principles in assembling his collection as well as his reading of Pueblo art and culture. It pays tribute to the works and their artistic significance and sheds light on the circumstances of acquisition in the sociopolitical environment of the Pueblo communities of the time. The contemporary fascination with the snake ritual is also a topic.

Set against this are the previously neglected perspectives and strategies of Pueblo leaders to regain interpretive sovereignty over culturally sensitive content and imagery.

Lightning Symbol and Snake Dance is an essential exploration of these themes, offering a profound insight into the complex interactions between cultures and the enduring legacy of Warburg's work.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783775752022

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 April 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hatje Cantz

Illustration: 290 Illustrations

Contributors:

Text by Lea McChesney
Text by Nancy J. Parezo
Text by Rainer Hatoum
Text by Adam Duran
Edited by Christine Chávez
Text by Bruce Bernstein
Edited by Uwe Fleckner
Text by Lindsey Drury
Text by Kelley Hays-Gilpin

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 225.0mm

Height: 295.0mm

Weight: 1820g

Pages: 400

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

ABY WARBURG (1866-1929) is considered as the founder of a modern art history oriented towards cultural studies. His research was mainly concerned with the investigation of the afterlife of antiquity in the Renaissance, which he recorded in his iconic Bilderatlas Mnemosyne.