NYMPH (Nimfa)

• Authors: Rutkowski Krzysztof
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The Nymph is associated with the choreography of desire and death which Aby Warburg described as the stylisation of energy or figures of the lushness of life. The Nymph renders struggle erotic, and reveals unconscious bonds between aggression and desire. For this reason Warburg was interested in the motif of violence, abduction, the erotic chase or the 'erotic victory' of the Nymph over her wounded opponent (Judith by Botticelli, Death of Orpheus by Mantegna or Dürer). The Nymph is an erotic force, and the battle is fierce due to the cruelty of Eros. Not only does the Nymph concentrate the strife in her body but she also becomes an amorous confrontation, a knot of desires. In doing so, she turns into a Maenadis succumbing to Dionysian frenzy.

Keywords

EN

NYMPH; WARBURG ABY

Discipline

• ANTHROPOLOGY: ANTHROPOLOGY

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Sztuki PAN
• Journal: Konteksty - Polska Sztuka Ludowa
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 3(286)
• Pages: 152-159
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Rutkowski Krzysztof

• Rutkowski Krzysztof, no address given, contact the journal editor

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA083420