@article{Bertozzi_2012, title={Walter Benjamin: un melanconico allievo di Aby Warburg}, volume={3}, url={https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/aisthesis/article/view/555}, DOI={10.13128/Aisthesis-11010}, abstractNote={Walter Benjamin tried to get in touch with Panofsky and the Warburg’s circle, but the attempt failed. This article examines the chapter on melancholy of Benjamin’s <em>The Origin of the German Tragic Drama</em> (1928) and his main sources, i. e. Warburg’s essay <em>Pagan-Antique Prophecy in Words and Images in the Age of Luther</em> (1920) and Panofsky-Saxl’s work <em>Dürers Melencolia I</em> (1923). Benjamin interpreted the melancholy of the <em>German Tragic Drama</em> as a jump back to the deadly sin of sloth: he saw the saturnine melancholy under the sign of the medieval <em>acedia</em>.}, number={2}, journal={Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico}, author={Bertozzi, Marco}, year={2012}, month={May} }