GRATIA Matthew Rampley Bamberger Schrifren zur Renaissanceforschung The Remembrance In Verbindung mit Stephan Füssel, Reinhold F. Glei und Joachim Knape herausgegeben von Dieter ìØuttke of Things Past 35 On Aby M. Varburg and \Øalter Benjamin o 2000 2000 Flarrassowitz Verlag . Viesbaden Harrassowitz Verlag ' Viesbaden prt 5 5tz*' //+ u 7 ü Bibliothek varburg, Hamburg cover illustration: Front Façade of the Kulturwissenschaftliche (Photo: \Warburg Institute) For Peter Barnett Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP-Einhcitsaufnahmc Bibliothek Ein Ti,"l.l","nr.r, für diese Publikation is¡ bci Der Dcutschen erhältlich Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP Cataloguing-in-Publication-Data À."rnlogu" r."ord for this publication is available from Die Deutsche Bibliothek e-mail:
[email protected] O Otto Harrassowitz, Viesbaden 2000 This work, including all of its parts, is protected by copyright' Any use beyond the limits of copyright lav¡ without the permission of th" p.tblirh.. is forbidden and subject to penalty- This applies particula.ly to reproductions, translations, microfilms and storage and processing in electronic systems' Priniing and binding by Hubert 8c Co', Göttingen Printed on permanent/durable paper' Printed in GermanY ISSN 0343-1258 ISBN 3-447-04299-0 Table of Contents List of Illustrations 9 Introduction. 11 Mimesis and Experience 15 From Serpent Ritual to Cosmic Allegory 35 The Meaning of the Renaissance 51 Aura and Memory 73 Conclusion 101 Notes. .. 103 Bibliography 131 List of Illustrations Figure I Frontespiece of the Warburg Institute copy