Norbert Wolf (art historian)

Norbert Wolf (* 1949 in Regensburg ) is a German art historian .

Wolf studied art history, linguistics and medieval studies first at the University of Regensburg and then at the University of Munich. In 1983 he received his doctorate in art history. After working several times as a research assistant at the University of Munich, Wolf completed his habilitation in 1992 with a thesis on carved retables from the 14th century. Norbert Wolf worked on the research project The Art in the Holy Roman Empire , led by Wolfgang Braunfels , and was visiting professor in Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Leipzig, Marburg, Nuremberg-Erlangen and Innsbruck.

Wolf has published numerous art-historical non-fiction books, with topics ranging from medieval book illumination to Caspar David Friedrich and the erotic art of the 20th century.

Fonts (selection)

• Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Roman Circus: the arena as a world symbol. Frankfurt am Main 1995, ISBN 3-596-12051-9 .
• German carved retable of the 14th century Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-87157-194-6 .
• Caspar David Friedrich, 1774-1840. The painter of silence. Taschen, Cologne et al. 2003, ISBN 3-8228-1957-3 .
• with Ulrich Reisser: Art Epochs. Volume 12: 20th Century II (= Reclams Universal Library . 18179). Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-018179-8 .
• Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. 1880-1938. On the edge of time. Taschen, Cologne et al. 2003, ISBN 3-8228-2121-7 .
• with Ingo F. Walther: Codices illustres. The most beautiful illuminated manuscripts in the world. 400 to 1600. Taschen, Cologne et al. 2005, ISBN 3-8228-4747-X .
• Albrecht Dürer. 1471-1528. The genius of the German Renaissance. Taschen, Cologne et al. 2006, ISBN 3-8228-4919-7 .
• Prey. Art. Transfers. Another art history. Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-86539-240-4 .
• Art Nouveau. Prestel, Munich et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-7913-4541-3 .
• Art deco. Prestel, Munich et al. 2013, ISBN 978-3-7913-4763-9 .
• The Golden Age of Dutch Painting Prestel, Munich a. a. 2019, ISBN 978-3-7913-8405-4 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Norbert Wolf in the catalog of the German National Library