Wiedmann Bible

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The Wiedmann Bible shows the complete Old and New Testament in pictures. The original consists of a total of 19 leporello books with 3,333 hand-painted pictures and has a total length of 1.17 km. It was created by Willy Wiedmann from Stuttgart over a period of 16 years (1984–2000). Wiedmann painted the Bible in the style of his polycon painting , which he developed in the mid-1960s.

The history

The Wiedmann Bible - the original

The idea of ​​translating Bible verses into pictures came to Willy Wiedmann in 1984 while he was commissioned to paint the Pauluskirche in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. He wanted to simplify the Bible and bring it closer to people. In July 2000 he finished his work. Because the technology was not ready at the time, Wiedmann was unable to publish the Leporello and stowed the Bible books in four boxes in the attic of his gallery. They were only rediscovered by their son Martin Wiedmann after the artist's death. He had all the images scanned and digitized.

The Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter used images from the Wiedmann Bible for his performances in the Grossmünster in Zurich ( Switzerland ) and his US Light Art Grand Tour.

The original has only been exhibited three times since it was discovered in 2013: from June 3 to 7, 2015 at the German Evangelical Church Congress in Stuttgart , from November 27, 2016 to February 5, 2017 in the Weygang Museum in Öhringen, and from June 27 , 2015 . October 2018 to April 28, 2019 at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC Here the work was presented to the American public for the first time.

In 2017 there were two joint exhibitions in Germany with the Museum of the Bible and its local cooperation partners: from April 7th to May 13th in Augsburg and from May 22nd to September 10th in Wittenberg . The curator of the two events, entitled “Our Book”, was the German linguist and theologian Roland Werner from Marburg.

On May 7, 2017, the Wiedmann Bible was completely unfolded in the form of a facsimile for the first time to a length of 1517 m and presented to the public. The occasion was celebrations of the Reformation anniversary in Magdeburg . At the same time a world record attempt was made. Since December 2017, the Wiedmann Bible has been in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest Leporello, with an area of ​​645.2 m², until the record was broken in August 2018.

  • Gen 28 - Jacob's dream of the ladder to heaven

  • Isa 26-27 - song of jubilation by the people of God

  • Rev 12: 3 - The seven-headed dragon

In cooperation with the German Bible Society , the Wiedmann Bible was published as a book for the first time in February 2018. The ART edition is supplemented with verses from the revised Luther Bible 2017. The layout was designed by the photographer and photo designer Manfred Rieker . The edition is limited to 3,333 copies. Various editions of the ART-Edition can be found in the holdings of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz , the Bavarian State Library in Munich, the Duchess Anna Amalia Library in Weimar, the Saxon Main Bible Society in Dresden, the bibliorama - the Bible Museum in Stuttgart, the archive the City of Stuttgart , the VfB-Stuttgart and the Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Wiedmann Bible. Retrieved December 28, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b The Wiedmann Bible. Retrieved December 28, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Rudolf Greiner, Lammerts, Diana, Schwertzel-Thoma, Dorothea, Rieker, Manfred, German Bible Society: Willy Wiedmann A life in many arts . Ed .: Wiedmann Media AG in cooperation with the German Bible Society. 1st edition. German Bible Society, Lachen 2018, ISBN 978-3-438-03351-2 , p. 19 .
  4. ↑ Luther, Martin, Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft: Die Wiedmann Bibel - Premium-Edition Two volumes in a slipcase with pictures by Willy Wiedmann and texts from the Luther Bible 2017 as well as a supplementary volume with information about the artist and his work . Stuttgart 2018, ISBN 978-3-438-03331-4 , pp. 10-15 .
  5. ↑ Bible light show in the Grossmünster. Retrieved December 27, 2017 .
  6. ^ The Wiedmann Bible: Light Art Show Grossmünster Zurich. December 4, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Gerry Hofstetter: The Light Art Grand Tour USA 2017–2020. 50 US Monuments in the spotlight. Retrieved December 27, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ Wiedmann Bible becomes light art in the USA - Cannstatt - Eßlinger Zeitung . ( esslinger-zeitung.de [accessed December 27, 2017]).
  9. ↑ Kirchentag DEKT 2015 - The Wiedmann Bible. Retrieved December 27, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Longest painted Bible in the world. Retrieved December 27, 2017 .
  11. ↑ oehringen.de - The Wiedmann Bible. Retrieved December 27, 2017 .
  12. ↑ a b He spent 16 years illustrating a Bible spanning one mile in length; for the first time ever this staggering work will be on display in the US at Museum of the Bible in Washington, DC. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Bible museum is first in US to show mile-long illustrated Bible - Religion News Service . In: Religion News Service . October 25, 2018 ( religionnews.com [accessed December 3, 2018]).
  14. ↑ a b "Our Book" Augsburg Bible Exhibition opens | Moritz Church. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
  15. ↑ Wittenberg Bible Exhibition "Our Book" - Zinzendorf Institute. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
  16. ↑ DIE WELT: Longest painted Bible in the world: Successful record attempt . In: THE WORLD . May 7, 2017 ( welt.de [accessed December 27, 2017]).
  17. ↑ human chain presents longest Bible in the world - ref.ch . In: ref.ch . May 8, 2017 ( ref.ch [accessed December 27, 2017]).
  18. ↑ mdr.de: Across Magdeburg: Biblical World Record | MDR.DE . ( mdr.de [accessed December 27, 2017]). Across Magdeburg: Bible-firm world record | MDR.DE ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mdr.de
  19. ^ Largest concertina book . In: Guinness World Records . ( guinnessworldrecords.com [accessed December 27, 2017]).
  20. ↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten: Artist Willy Wiedmann: Stuttgart Bible creates world record . In: stuttgarter-nachrichten.de . ( stuttgarter-nachrichten.de [accessed December 27, 2017]).
  21. ↑ FOCUS Online: Magdeburg: World record for Magdeburg's Wiedmann Bible campaign . In: FOCUS Online . ( focus.de [accessed on December 27, 2017]).
  22. ^ Largest concertina book . In: Guinness World Records . ( guinnessworldrecords.com [accessed September 21, 2018]).
  23. ^ German Bible Society: The Wiedmann Bible | High quality Bible editions | Luther Bibles | Bible editions | Shop | Die-Bibel.de. Retrieved December 27, 2017 .
  24. ↑ Artists' Bible is available in February | Falk Report. Retrieved December 27, 2017 .
  25. ↑ German Bible Society publishes unique artist's bible . ( die-bibel.de [accessed December 27, 2017]).
  26. ↑ The entire Bible in 3333 pictures - Gutenberg Museum receives a valuable Wiedmann Bible in gold edition. February 8, 2019, accessed February 18, 2019 .
  27. ↑ TouchPoint. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
  28. ↑ Our current events, exhibitions and guided tours. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
  29. ↑ NEWS - Saxon Main Bible Society. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
  30. ↑ Martin Haar: Willy Wiedmann's legacy: there is now a picture Bible for everyone . In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de . ( stuttgarter-zeitung.de [accessed on December 3, 2018]).
  31. ↑ A 7 for the 7: Gift of honor to the City of Stuttgart - City of Stuttgart. Retrieved December 3, 2018 .
  32. ↑ SWR Aktuell: VfB gets its own Wiedmann Bible . In: swr.online . ( swr.de [accessed on December 3, 2018]).
  33. ↑ Washington is enthusiastic about the 1.2 km long art Bible from Germany . In: OpenPR.de . ( openpr.de [accessed on December 3, 2018]).