Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Frankfurt 1749-1832 Weimar,was a German writer and according to George Eliot, "Germany's greatest man of letters and the last true polymath to walk the earth." Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, humanism and science. Goethe's magnum opus, lauded as one of the peaks of world literature, is the two-part drama Faust. Goethe's other well-known literary works include his numerous poems, the Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. Goethe was one of the key figures of German literature and the movement of Weimar Classicism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; this movement coincides with Enlightenment, Sentimentality (Empfindsamkeit), Sturm und Drang and Romanticism. The author of the scientific text Theory of Colours, he influenced Darwin with his focus on plant morphology. He also served at length as the Privy Councilor ("Geheimrat") of the duchy of Weimar. Goethe is the originator of the concept of Weltliteratur ("world literature"), having taken great interest in the literatures of England, France, Italy, classical Greece, Persia, Arabic literature, amongst others. His influence on German philosophy is virtually immeasurable, having major effect especially on the generation of Hegel and Schelling, although Goethe himself expressly and decidedly refrained from practicing philosophy in the rarefied sense. Goethe's influence spread across Europe, and for the next century his works were a major source of inspiration in music, drama, poetry and philosophy. Goethe is considered by many to be the most important writer in the German language and one of the most important thinkers in Western culture as well.


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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Plant study oil


Plant study
Painting ID::  38904
Plant study
mk141 ca.1812 pen and ink,sepia wash with white highlights,on blue drawing paper. 15.9x18.1cm
   
   
     

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Herbarium sheet oil


Herbarium sheet
Painting ID::  38905
Herbarium sheet
mk141 Gladiolus communis 1785/90 34.4x20.5cm
mk141 Gladiolus_communis 1785/90 34.4x20.5cm
   
   
     

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Herbarium sheet oil


Herbarium sheet
Painting ID::  38906
Herbarium sheet
mk141 Iberis umbellata 1785/90 34.8x19.8cm
mk141 Iberis_umbellata 1785/90 34.8x19.8cm
   
   
     

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Herbarium sheet oil


Herbarium sheet
Painting ID::  38907
Herbarium sheet
mk141 Centaurea cyanus 1785/90 35.2x20.2cm
mk141 Centaurea_cyanus 1785/90 35.2x20.2cm
   
   
     

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Herbarium sheet oil


Herbarium sheet
Painting ID::  38908
Herbarium sheet
mk141 Cyperus alternifolius 1785/90 35x20cm
mk141 Cyperus_alternifolius 1785/90 35x20cm
   
   
     

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     Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
     Frankfurt 1749-1832 Weimar,was a German writer and according to George Eliot, "Germany's greatest man of letters and the last true polymath to walk the earth." Goethe's works span the fields of poetry, drama, literature, theology, humanism and science. Goethe's magnum opus, lauded as one of the peaks of world literature, is the two-part drama Faust. Goethe's other well-known literary works include his numerous poems, the Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and the epistolary novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. Goethe was one of the key figures of German literature and the movement of Weimar Classicism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries; this movement coincides with Enlightenment, Sentimentality (Empfindsamkeit), Sturm und Drang and Romanticism. The author of the scientific text Theory of Colours, he influenced Darwin with his focus on plant morphology. He also served at length as the Privy Councilor ("Geheimrat") of the duchy of Weimar. Goethe is the originator of the concept of Weltliteratur ("world literature"), having taken great interest in the literatures of England, France, Italy, classical Greece, Persia, Arabic literature, amongst others. His influence on German philosophy is virtually immeasurable, having major effect especially on the generation of Hegel and Schelling, although Goethe himself expressly and decidedly refrained from practicing philosophy in the rarefied sense. Goethe's influence spread across Europe, and for the next century his works were a major source of inspiration in music, drama, poetry and philosophy. Goethe is considered by many to be the most important writer in the German language and one of the most important thinkers in Western culture as well.

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