The "poison cabinet" (Giftschrank) of Aby Warburg

• Grant number: 18/16826-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: November 15, 2018
• End date: January 14, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Theory of Communication
• Principal Investigator: Norval Baitello Junior
• Grantee: Norval Baitello Junior
• Host Investigator: Claudia Wedepohl
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Comunicação, Letras e Artes. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: University of London, England

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to investigate, in the Warburg Library and the Aby Warburg Personal Archives, as well as in the diaries of his library and in his correspondence, the presence of elements, clues and references of what he called the "poison cabinet" ( Giftschrank), in the form of works, authors, concepts and worldviews.