I just returned from a week-long trip to London, where I was working at the Warburg Institute, part of the University of London. Located within this library is a massive photographic index of all major iconographic themes throughout the history of art. While there I looked up anything and everything related to my dissertation topic, and I found some frescoes and paintings of which I was not previously aware. So, a success!
The entrance to the Institute. Very unassuming for how renowned it is in the art history world.
The desk I worked at, with a nice view outside
The Library is situated within Woburn Square, which has a nice little garden in the middle
A picture of the photographic archives themselves. Lots and lots of file cabinets.
There was so much imagery to go through, it was amazing!
An example of some of the things I was looking at. This is the horoscope of Agostino Chigi, a papal banker in the Renaissance. I was thrilled to learn that you could take photos of the collection.
A wooden ceiling with carved images of the zodiac from Bologna
An example of the back of the photographs. Can anyone read this handwriting?
At-work selfie :)
The entrance to the Institute. Very unassuming for how renowned it is in the art history world.
The desk I worked at, with a nice view outside
The Library is situated within Woburn Square, which has a nice little garden in the middle
A picture of the photographic archives themselves. Lots and lots of file cabinets.
There was so much imagery to go through, it was amazing!
An example of some of the things I was looking at. This is the horoscope of Agostino Chigi, a papal banker in the Renaissance. I was thrilled to learn that you could take photos of the collection.
A wooden ceiling with carved images of the zodiac from Bologna
An example of the back of the photographs. Can anyone read this handwriting?
At-work selfie :)
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