Christine Goetz

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Christine Goetz (born May 15, 1952 in Frankfurt am Main ; † March 6, 2020 in Berlin ) was a German art historian . From 1995 to 2017 she was art commissioner for the Archdiocese of Berlin .

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Christine Goetz grew up in Bonn and Brussels. She studied art history, German literature and archeology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1983, she was in Munich with Norbert Huse with studies on the topic "work" in the work of Constantin Meunier and Vincent van Gogh doctorate . She then worked for the Diocesan Museum in Freising .

From 1995 she worked as the art commissioner of the Archdiocese of Berlin, initially with a five-year contract for the inventory of church art in the parishes of the Archdiocese. In addition, she was responsible for issues relating to the preservation of monuments until 2017 and was active in adult education in the field of sacred art and architecture with church tours and publications that she designed. “My job was to create the cultural memory of the local church,” she said of her work. In addition to the inventory and the presentation of church art through lectures and publications, she initiated monthly church tours that will continue after her death.

In contact with many artists, she motivated and arranged numerous orders for the design of sacred art and the purchase of works by today's artists by the Archdiocese of Berlin. She retired at the beginning of December 2017. In addition, she worked on the commission for sacred art and church building of the archdiocese to the end.

Publications (selection)

  • Studies on the subject of “work” in the work of Constantin Meunier and Vincent van Gogh . Dissertation. Contributions to Art History, Volume 2, Munich 1984. ISBN 978-3-9800671-2-6 .
  • The St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin. Schnell and Steiner, Regensburg 2000, ISBN 978-3-7954-1253-1 .
  • Matthias Hoffmann-Tauschwitz (ed.): Churches Berlin Potsdam: Guide to the churches in Berlin and Potsdam. Wichern Verlag, Berlin 2003. ISBN 978-3-88981-140-0 .
  • Berlin's hidden angels. Morus Verlag, Berlin 2004. ISBN 978-3-87554-402-2 .
  • St. Paul in Munich. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg i. Allgäu 2010. ISBN 978-3-89870-587-5 .
  • The visible and the invisible. Art and Church in the Archdiocese of Berlin. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg i. Allgäu 2016. ISBN 978-3-89870-978-1 .
  • The catholic churches of St. Augustine and the Holy Family in Berlin-Pankow . Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg i. Allgäu 2017. ISBN 978-3-95976-018-8 .
  • StadtLandKirchen - sacred buildings in the Archdiocese of Berlin. Kunstverlag Josef Fink, Lindenberg i. Allgäu 2018. ISBN 978-3-95976-101-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Manfred Kollig : Obituary Dr. Christine Goetz. Archdiocese of Berlin , accessed on March 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Book presentation: StadtLandKirchen. Sacred buildings in the Archdiocese of Berlin. In: press release. Archdiocese of Berlin, November 29, 2017, accessed on December 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Christine Goetz presented her book on art and the church in the Archdiocese of Berlin. Lord's Day , December 17, 2015, Retrieved December 22, 2017 .
  4. ^ Judith Luig: Berlin's hidden treasure. Berliner Morgenpost , January 29, 2016, accessed on December 22, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Goetz, Christine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2020
Place of death Berlin