Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was one of those rare people who stood out in his time and changed not only literature but also how Europe thought about ar.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), German writer, circa 1800. By Karl Joseph von Stieler (1781-1858). (Photo by Roger Viollet via Getty Images) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) is the ...

The German lawyer, author, poet, politician and artist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (born August 28, 1749-1832) was also a mining engineer and quite interested in geology and paleontology. The German ...

There have been very few Renaissance men since the Renaissance—and they weren’t exactly thick on the ground even in their glory days. No modern figure is more worthy of that appellation than Johann ...

In 1832, in the final throes of heart failure, the poet and scholar Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spoke his last two words: “Mehr Licht!” or “More light!” For a man who devoted much of his life to ...

In life, the German literary giant Johann Wolfgang von Goethe had a reputation for keeping his head. “Do not give in too much to feelings,” he once said. “An overly sensitive heart is an unhappy ...

The bronze bust of a famous author has been stolen from a Rochester park, according to multiple reports. The Monroe County Parks Department announced Thursday that a bronze monument to German author ...

What motivates a person to spend a life-time forming a collection that overfills every wall of their home? For this collector from New England, it has been the allure of the portraits painted in the ...

What motivates a person to spend a life-time forming a collection that overfills every wall of their home? For this collector from New England, it has been the allure of the portraits painted in the ...