| Ref No | WIA GC/1895/6 |
| Title | Dwelshauvers, Jacques to Warburg, Aby 28/12/1895 |
| Writer | Dwelshauvers, Jacques |
| Place1 | Bologna, 20 Via Guerrazzi |
| Recipient | Warburg, Aby |
| Date | 28/12/1895 |
| Format | manuscript |
| Contents | he is studying 15th century Florentine art; is thinking of the painting, head of woman, possibly by Botticelli; mentions [Giovanni] Morelli, [Wilhelm v.] Bode, [Hermann] Ulmann; complains about Ulmann, who has chosen the wrong profession, as he can see details but not the whole; likens him to a necromancer at a church festival; asks him about an article by [Ernst] Steinmann, 'Tempelscene in Jerusalem'; is not convinced with Bode's argumentation about Tobias with the three angels; on the psychological problems of the 15th century; agrees with Warburg that the place of religion needs to be understood; on the cult of idols, the Italians are still pagans, living in the light, in the open air; their only true churches are Romanesque; the Germanic peoples are too metaphysical to understand the Italians; mentions Jacob Burckhardt's question why the liberal Italians have not followed the German reformation; the Germans are more logical, etc.; discusses Botticelli, Savonarola; mentions the painting in Frankfurt, head of a woman, [Ivan] Lermolieff [pseudonym of Giovanni Morelli], Bellini, Leonardo literature; wonders whether Warburg will return to Florence; what are Warburg's news of André Jolles? |
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| DS/UK/2 | Bode; Wirklicher Geheimrat, Exzellenz; [Arnold] Wilhelm (10/12/1845-01/03/1929); Prof. Dr. | 10/12/1845-01/03/1929 |
| DS/UK/39 | Ulmann; Hermann (1866-21/04/1896); Dr. | 1866-21/04/1896 |
| DS/UK/86 | Burckhardt; [Carl] Jacob (25/05/1818-08/08/1897); Prof. Dr. | 25/05/1818-08/08/1897 |
| DS/UK/171 | Jolles; André (07/08/1874-22/02/1946); Prof. Dr. | 07/08/1874-22/02/1946 |
| DS/UK/323 | Steinmann; Ernst (1866-1934); Prof. Dr. phil. | 1866-1934 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |
| DS/UK/2274 | Mesnil/Dwelshauvers; Jean Jacques (1872-1940) | 1872-1940 |