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Behind the Angel of History: The "Angelus Novus" and Its Interleaf 9780226816715
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Behind the Angel of History
Behind the Angel of History
The Angelus Novus and Its Interleaf
Annie Bourneuf
The Universi ty of Chic ag o Press Chicago & London
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 2022 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission, except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. For more information, contact the University of Chicago Press, 1427 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL 60637. Published 2022 Printed in China 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 1 2 3 4 5 ISBN-13: 978-0-226-81670-8 (cloth) ISBN-13: 978-0-226-81671-5 (e-book) doi: https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226816715.001.0001 This publication is made possible in part from the Barr Ferree Foundation Fund for Publications, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Bourneuf, Annie, author. Title: Behind the angel of history : the “Angelus novus” and its interleaf / Annie Bourneuf. Description: Chicago : University of Chi
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Annie Bourneuf: Behind the Angel of History: The Angelus Novus and Its Interleaf. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2022. 151 pp.
In Behind the Angel of History: The Angelus Novus and Its Interleaf Annie Bourneuf considers Paul Klee’s painting in light of a discovery made in 2015 by the artist R. H. Quaytman: sandwiched between Klee’s watercolor angel and its cardboard backing, on the interleaf, is an engraving of Martin Luther. The image of the reformer, which turns out to be a 19th-century print after the style of the Luther portraits made by Lucas Cranach the Elder (35, 51), serves as the point of departure for a reexamination not only of the painting itself, but also of its role as a lodestone within philosophical and art historical discourses into the twenty-first century. Contextualizing the Angelus novus within some of the artistic, intellectual, and political currents active around the time of its creation, Bourneuf’s eruditely researched study restores to Klee’s painting a complexity and ambiguity of meaning that also sheds new light on its most prominent recipient.
As indicated by the title, the writings of Walter Benjamin constitute a focus of Bourneuf’s reflections. Yet rather than pursuing Benjamin’s gloss of the Angelus as the “angel of history,” as his ninth