Descartes, René
Descartes, René (1596–1650) French philosopher and mathematician. Often regarded as the father of modern philosophy. In 1619, he described an all-embracing science of the universe. His works include
Discourse on Method (1637),
Meditations on the First Philosophy (1641) and
Principles of Philosophy (1644). Descartes' methods of deduction and intuition inform modern metaphysics. By doubting all his ideas, he reached one indubitable proposition: “I am thinking”, and from this that he existed:
cogito ergo sum (“I think, therefore I am”). He also founded analytic geometry, introduced the
Cartesian coordinate system and helped establish the science of optics.
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ART NOTES.(Arts and Literature)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 6/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...by German expressionist artist Max Pechstein, is on exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer...1918, "Gladiolen" demonstrates Pechstein's debt to Fauve painters such...background perfectly underline Pechstein's experimentation with the language...
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Europeans in Tel Aviv
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 9/20/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...hoped to go as high as $60,000) are among the many Israeli notables. Drawings by Max Pechstein and Max Liebermann also enliven this sale. The Pechstein watercolor portrait has a top estimate of $5,000 while the jokey watercolor self...
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Going wild
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 12/9/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...of Die Brcke, later joined by Max Pechstein and Emil Nolde; the associates...the DNA of the artist hailed by Pechstein as 'the father of us all...setting off the green pillbox hat of Max Pechstein's 'Young Woman with a Red Fan...
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MODERN ART THAT SURVIVED NAZI PURGE SHOWN
News Wire article from: United Press International; 5/16/2004; 700+ words
; ...show are Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Max Pechstein, Erich Heckel, Ludwig Meidner...Modersohn-Becker, and George Grosz and Max Beckmann, both of whom emigrated...Munich and Dresden. Paintings by Pechstein, Modersohn-Becker and Heckel from...
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Too hot to handle. (Berlin).(recovery of art stolen from the Brucke Museum)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Europe; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Max Pechstein, and Emil Nolde--all members...were by Heckel and one each by Pechstein, Kirchner, and Nolde. Only the...stolen paintings, Young Girl by Pechstein, was torn in half. One section...
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Major Berlin exhibition marks 100th anniversary of pioneering expressionist group
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/7/2005; ; 545 words
; ...adulteration what moves him." Max Pechstein and Emil Nolde later joined the...Pacific Ocean travels of Nolde and Pechstein, reflecting their fascination...officially broke up in May, 1913. Pechstein later wrote that Berlin, "a ruthless...
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KÜNSTLER AUF DIE LEINWAND GEBANNT
Magazine article from: Film - Dienst; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Max Liebermann, Max Oppenheimer, Emil Orlik, Max Pechstein, Max Slevogt, Josef Thorak, Lesser Ury und Heinrich...gelang es ihm, Entwicklungen zu dokumentieren: Max Pechstein konnte er gleich viermal (1927, 1951, 1952 und...
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Van Gogh was father to us all: Martin Bailey visits two major Van Gogh exhibitions, one in Amsterdam and New York, on his influence on Expressionism, the other an ambitious Hungarian blockbuster.
Magazine article from: Apollo; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the current show is the comment by the Dresden painter Max Pechstein that Wan Gogh was Father to us all!' To demonstrate...group founded in 1905. Among the telling pairings are Max Pechstein's Young Woman with a Red Fan (c. 1910, private...
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EXPRESSIONIST MASTERPIECES VISIT DAYTON EXHIBIT FEATURES CHAGALL, MANET.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 3/14/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...10 a.m. to midnight. A series of eight prints by Max Pechstein, ''Lord's Prayer,'' is on display at the Marian...973) 229-4236. CAPTION(S): Photo This print by Max Pechstein, ''Das Vater Unser,'' is on display at the Marian...
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THE LIVES THAT SHAPE SPECKS COLLECTION
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 1/12/2004; 700+ words
; ...few of the Specks show's stars: Max Beckmann (1884-1950): Trained...Bombs hit his studio in 1942. Max Pechstein (1881-1955): A wanderer even as a youth, the Dresden- trained Pechstein traveled widely, visiting Italy...
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Hermann Max Pechstein
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Hermann Max Pechstein Hermann Max Pechstein (1881-1955) was a German painter and graphic artist and, as a member of the artist group "Die Br ü cke" (The Bridge), was one of the early Expressionists. Born on December 31, 1881...
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Pechstein, Max
Book article from: A Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Art
Pechstein, Max (1881–1955). German painter...of his former colleagues has grown. Pechstein was in Palau when the First World War...His posthumously published memoirs ( Max Pechstein: Erinnerungen , 1960) are an important...
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Max Pechstein
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Max Pechstein , 1881-1955, German expressionist painter and graphic artist. Early...of Van Gogh stimulated his development toward expressionism. In 1906, Pechstein joined the Brücke group. His work, less intense and more decorative...
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Sezession
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...with Gustav Klimt as first president, and Berlin (1899), with Max Liebermann as first president. When in 1910 a number of young...xFC;cke —they started the Neue Sezession, with Max Pechstein a prominent figure.
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secession
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...exhibition in its own building. The group was led by Max Liebermann and included Lovis Corinth , Hans van Mar...cke were excluded from the Berlin Secession exhibition, Max Pechstein led the rejected painters and organized the New Secession...
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