Christoph Wetzel (Author)

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Christoph Wetzel (born February 27, 1944 in Bautzen ; † May 8, 2020 in Göppingen ) was a German author .

Life

He studied art and art history at the art academies in Stuttgart, Munich and Vienna as well as German and history at the universities of Munich, Vienna and Constance. He was active as an art educator, publishing editor and editor and then worked as a freelance non-fiction author with a focus on art, literature and religion. Many of his more recent books have been about the mutual reflections between visual arts and literature. This is how some splendid editions of the Bible were created, which he illustrated with a selection of works of art.

Wetzel was married with three children, he worked and lived in Göppingen since 1995 , where he died in May 2020.

Publications

  • Friedrich Schiller. Portrayed by Christoph Wetzel. ( The great classics. Volume 1). Andreas Verlag, Salzburg, 1979, ISBN 3-85012-062-7 .
  • Heinrich Heine. Portrayed by Herbert Schnierle and Christoph Wetzel. ( The great classics. Volume 11). Andreas Verlag, Salzburg 1980, ISBN 3-85012-074-0 .
  • Jean-Baptiste Molière. Portrayed by Rüdiger Werle and Christoph Wetzel. ( The great classics. Volume 4). Andreas Verlag, Salzburg 1980, ISBN 3-85012-072-4 .
  • Gustave Flaubert. Portrayed by Dorothea Fetzer, Christoph Wetzel and Gerhard Wiese. ( The Great Classics. Volume 35). Andreas Verlag, Salzburg 1980, ISBN 3-85012-093-7 .
  • Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann. Portrayed by Christoph Wetzel. ( The great classics. 36), Andreas Verlag, Salzburg 1981, ISBN 3-85012-099-6 .
  • Joseph von Eichendorff. Portrayed by Christoph Wetzel. ( The Great Classics. Volume 13). Andreas Verlag, Salzburg 1982, ISBN 3-85012-109-7 .
  • Hendrik Ibsen. Portrayed by Heidi and Christoph Wetzel. ( The great classics. Volume 31). Andreas Verlag, Salzburg 1984, ISBN 3-85012-135-6 .
  • Paul Cezanne. Life and work. Belser-Verlag , Stuttgart / Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-7630-1925-1 .
  • Vincent van Gogh. Life and work. Belser-Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 1987 ISBN 3-7630-1914-6 .
  • Auguste Renoir. Life and work. Belser-Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 1987.
  • Bels style history in six volumes. (Editor Christoph Wetzel), Volumes 1–6, Belser-Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 1993.
  • Lexicon of authors and works. Ernst Klett, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-12-347480-1 .
  • Literature business in brief Ernst Klett Verlag, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-12-350600-2 .
  • Lexicon of German Literature. Authors and works. Ernst Klett Verlag, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-12-922641-9 .
  • Perpetual calendar - for feast days and days of remembrance (with pictures from magnificent manuscripts of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana). Belser-Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-7630-5915-6 .
  • Prayers. Accompanied by images of medieval book illumination. Image and text selection as well as explanations by Christoph Wetzel. Belser-Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-7630-5805-2 .
  • Nude art. Masterpieces from three centuries. Belser-Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-7630-2315-1 .
  • The book of art. 5th, updated and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2017, ISBN 978-3-15-011113-0 . (With 374 illustrations)
  • Reclam's dictionary of art. Reclam-Verlag, Ditzingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-15-010601-3 .
  • The great lexicon of symbols. Primus-Verlag, Darmstadt 2008, ISBN 978-3-89678-384-4 .
  • The Bible in the fine arts. Verlag Philipp Reclam, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-15-018571-1 .
  • How do I know Christian symbols in art. Belser-Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich, 2009, ISBN 978-3-7630-2518-3 .
  • The little church leader. Images, spaces, symbols. Sankt Ulrich Verlag, Augsburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86744-097-4 .
  • Symbols of love. Primus-Verlag, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-89678-837-5 .
  • Dictionary of Painting. ( Reclam's Universal Library ; No. 18827). Reclam, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-15-018827-9 .

Bible editions

  • The Bible. Stuttgart Bible of Illumination. The standard translation with masterpieces of medieval book art. Belser-Verlag, Stuttgart / Zurich 1996 ISBN 3-7630-5631-9 .
  • The great modern bible. Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-460-31956-9 .
  • The Vatican Bible. Standard translation of the Holy Scriptures. Old and New Testament illustrated with masterpieces from the Vatican. Image selection and commentary by Christoph Wetzel. Belser Verlag, Verlag Katholisches Bibelwerk, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-460-32096-3 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helmut Schroth: Christoph Wetzel. Obituary. In: buchmarkt.de. May 15, 2020, accessed May 15, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Wetzel, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Bautzen
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 2020
Place of death Goeppingen