Thorsten Droste

Thorsten Droste (* 1950 in Hamburg ; † December 27, 2011 in Wetzlar ) was a German art historian , author, photographer and organizer of study trips.

Life

Thorsten Droste first studied painting at the art academies in Hamburg and Munich , then art history, archeology and history and received his doctorate in 1978 on the bronze door of the Augsburg Cathedral . He made his first study trips as a student and since then has published under the motto “Book and travel from a single source” about his travel destinations such as Burgundy , Venice , the Spanish and French Pyrenees, the Périgord and the Camino de Santiago . At times in Salzburg alive, taught Droste as a freelance lecturer from 1970 art history of the Middle Ages at the local university . The art historian lived in southwest France from 1997 to 2009 and finally moved to Hesse . Until his death in 2011 he published more than 30 books mainly on topics of medieval history and art.

Honors

Droste was made an honorary citizen of the city of Sarlat in 1996.

Works

Many of Droste's books have been translated, especially into French . Two of his publications on the Camino de Santiago in Europe were even awarded prizes in France.

• Small art history of France . (together with Hilja Droste) Primus Verlag, Darmstadt 2012, ISBN 978-3-86312-315-4
• DuMont Art Guide Burgundy . DuMont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7701-4166-1
• DuMont Art Guide Provence . DuMont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-7701-3927-9
• DuMont art guide to Venice . DuMont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7701-6068-6
• DuMont Art Guide Paris . (together with Julia Droste-Hennings) DuMont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7701-6090-7
• The Camino de Santiago in France . Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7774-4365-2
• France - the southwest . (together with Julia Droste-Hennings) DuMont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 978-3-7701-6618-3
• The Camino de Santiago . Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7774-2005-0
• The Pyrenees . Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7774-8990-5
• Burgundy: heartland of the European Middle Ages . Hirmer Verlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-7774-8980-8

literature

• Barbara Schröter: How one can make a living from art history . In: Berliner Morgenpost . Issued June 2, 2008.

Web links

• Literature by and about Thorsten Droste in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Thorsten Droste at perlentaucher.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Thorsten Droste: Dauphiné and Haute-Provence. Discovery trips between the Rhône and the Alps, from Lyon to the Verdon Gorge. DuMont, Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-7701-2408-1 , blurb.
2. ↑ Thorsten Droste: Poitou. Western France between Poitiers and Angoulême - the Atlantic coast from the Loire to the Gironde. DuMont, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-7701-4456-2 , p. 288 ( online ).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Information on Thorsten Droste on a website of the Oberhessischer Geschichtsverein Gießen eV ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed October 13, 2012.