| Ref No | WIA FC/1929/17/1 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Paul 23/01/1929 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Place1 | Rome, Palace Hotel |
| Recipient | Warburg, Paul |
| Date | 23/01/1929 |
| DateNote | FC |
| Format | typescript |
| Contents | thanks him for New Year greetings; he would have replied earlier, but had to prepare his lecture for a demanding audience, 'Die römische Antike in der Werkstatt Dom. Ghirlandajos'; [Ghirlandaio] he was happy to see that the participants understood and agreed with him; he did not have an epidiascope at his disposal, but used a different method: he hung up the photographs in the room and explained them standing in front of them; he does not think much of bombarding the audience with clumsy enlargements of photographs, calls it 'barbarism', which harms the most delicate process, that of following him with his thoughts; the echo was good, he has the satisfaction to hear that KBW has a good name among colleagues, his pioneering work is being recognized; it is now a question of perseverance, they will need to keep their distance from the university, forego support by other scholarly societies which could endanger the most subtle in 'our organism', the sensitivity towards a problem; is looking forward to explain to his brothers the 'battleground'; is feeling well, can work well, hopes to finish his research in the not too distant future; wants to know about Paul's family; Max has informed him of a link to Manhattan Bank, congratulates Paul and son Jimmie [James Paul Warburg]; on a new society of intellectuals in Rome; the French ambassador, Duc de Beaumarchais, conducted Warburg through the hall with the Carracci frescoes and then showed him his whole palace; mentions his friend Hermanin, mentions Prof. [L.] Curtius, German archaeological institute, who does his utmost to collaborate with his colleagues, the 'spiritual executors of Mediterranean culture' ['geistige Erbgutverwalter der Mittelmeerbeckenkultur']; mentions the disgraceful court judgement in Paris, in the murder case [Carlo; Italian Consul to Paris] Nardini which created fascist waves in Italy |
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| DS/UK/635 | Nardini; Carlo (01/10/1848-) | 01/10/1848- |
| DS/UK/687 | Warburg; James Paul (18/08/1896-03/07/1969) | 18/08/1896-03/07/1969 |
| DS/UK/685 | Warburg; Paul Moritz (10/08/1868-24/01/1932) | 10/08/1868-24/01/1932 |
| DS/UK/1582 | Hermanin de Reichenfeld; Federico (16/09/1868-29/06/1953) | 16/09/1868-29/06/1953 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |