The Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes publishes new research, of a documentary and analytical character, in the field of cultural and intellectual history. The subject matter includes art and architecture, religion, philosophy, science and literature as well as intellectual, political and social life, often with an emphasis on their relation to the civilisation of antiquity.
The Journal was founded in 1937, as one of the first publishing projects of the Warburg Institute following its arrival in London; it was intended as a interdisciplinary forum, more extensive in scope and varied in content than the Vorträge previously published by the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg in Hamburg. For further information see the History of the Journal written by Elizabeth McGrath, one of its longest-serving Editors.
Still produced at the Warburg Institute and edited by members of staff from that Institute as well as from the Courtauld Institute of Art, the Journal remains reliant on the extensive libraries and photographic collections which these institutions possess; it also depends on the collaboration of scholars from the two institutions, who, along with outside experts, participate in the review process.
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Just published: Volume LXXV (2012).
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A complete listing of all published volumes since 1937 and their tables of contents is provided here. Articles and Notes may be consulted either in print or in digital form (see below).
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From Volume LXX (2007) onwards, the Journal has been available online via IngentaConnect. From Volume LXXII (2009) onwards, purchasers of the printed edition receive complimentary access to the online edition. Independent researchers can pay to access individual articles through IngentaConnect.
Volumes I (1937) to LXXI (2008, the special issue celebrating 75 years of the Courtauld Institute of Art) are available via JSTOR, as part of their Arts & Sciences III Collection. JSTOR is an independent not-for-profit organisation, accessible through many academic libraries. Independent researchers can pay to download individual articles from the JSTOR website.
Illustration above: detail from Giorgio Vasari, Confrontation of the Christian and Turkish Fleets in the Gulf of Lepanto (1572–73), fresco in the Vatican Palace, Sala Regia (part of a fresco cycle discussed by Rick Scorza, in his article ‘Vasari’s Lepanto Frescoes: Apparati, Medals, Prints and the Celebration of Victory’, JWCI vol. 75, pp. 141–200)