The New Republic (July 7, 2014) published an article about Warburg, the famous art historian today http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118330/dreamland-humanists-emily-j-levine-reviewed-ingrid-rowland . It's a book review of the new book on the topic. While the article is tangential to the History of Libraries course this summer, I thought the illustrations of this humanist's library were worth sharing. Here's an intellectual who surrounded himself with the printed word and worked with many of his books. This is how I picture a nineteenth century academic's office, filled with books from floor to ceiling, arranged by topic and size, filled with works from his or her discipline.
As we read about different types of libraries this semester, consider how you picture libraries. Do they fill rooms? Do they cover all imaginable surfaces, and are the books read? What does your library look like?
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