| Ref No | WIA FC/1907/5/1 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Mary 08/03/1907 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Place1 | Berlin NW, Unter den Linden 39, Grand Hotel de Rome und du Nord |
| Recipient | Warburg, Mary, styled 'Mieke' |
| Date | 08/03/1907 |
| DateNote | FC |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | he has not heard anything from [O.] Wulff so far; [Gustav] Schiefler and daughter were his company on the train journey; on the main problem of his research in the previous winter: he realized that the figure of Fortuna has to be understood as the anti-holy or unholy figure of the new human being and of the figure of Energia; they have to be treated iconologically 'coolly': the attitude towards Fortuna oscillates between the notion of Saint Fortuna to the fight against fortuna; it corresponds to the notion of the transformation of the adored quality of gods to an intensified self awareness, inflamed by an historical turn around, as witnessed in the Italian Renaissance from Dio e Buonventura to Occasio of the Condottiere, plus centaurs, Roman soldiers etc.; asks her whether she can possibly understand what he is on about; it is uncertain whether he will return to Hamburg the next day |
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| DS/UK/642 | Schiefler; Gustav (28/12/1857-09/08/1935); Dr. iur. | 28/12/1857-09/08/1935 |
| DS/UK/955 | Warburg; Mary, née Hertz (13/10/1866-04/12/1934) | 13/10/1866-04/12/1934 |
| DS/UK/1155 | Wulff; Oskar Konstantin (06/06/1864-23/01/1946); Prof. Dr. phil. | 06/06/1864-23/01/1946 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |