Johann Christoph Brotze (Latvian: Johans Kristofs Broce; 1 September 1742 – 4 August 1823) was a German pedagogue, artist and ethnographer.
Biography edit
Brotze was born in Görlitz, Electorate of Saxony. He studied theology and philosophy at the universities of Leipzig and Wittenberg, and was also skilled at technical drawing. He went to Riga in Livonia in 1768 and spent the next 46 years as a teacher at the Riga Imperial Lyceum.[1]
During that period he collected historical data and depicted in drawings and paintings everything he saw around him in his everyday life, as well as most buildings and monuments of significance in Livonia, supplemented with extensive descriptions. Today his works are considered an extremely valuable source of information for historians.
Works edit
- Zeichnungen und deren Beschreibungen[2]
Books edit
- Sammlung verschiedener Liefländischer Monumente, Prospecte, Münzen, Wappen, etc.[3]
Gallery edit
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Panorama of Riga in 1650 -
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People in the streets in Riga -
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Boys' summer clothes in Riga -
Boys' winter clothes in Riga
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Garber, Klaus. "Brotze, Joachim Christoph". OstDeutsche Biographie. Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
- ^ Rogge, Jörg (2011). CULTURAL HISTORY IN EUROPE: INSTITUTION-THEMES-P. ranscript Verlag. p. 115. ISBN 978-3-8376-1724-5.
- ^ "Sammlung verschiedener Liefländischer Monumente, Prospecte, Wapen, etc". University of Latvia.
External links edit
Media related to Johann Christoph Brotze at Wikimedia Commons- Digital collection of Johann Christoph Brotze drawings at the Latvian Academic Library
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