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Carl Gustav Carus: Nature and Idea Opens at Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
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Source: Art Daily
October 30, 2009
DRESDEN.- Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869), who lived in Dresden from 1814 until his death, was not only an important artist – he was a Renaissance man in the true sense of the word and an outstanding representative of the intellectual and scientific life of his day. A physician, natural philosopher, man of letters, painter and draughtsman, Carl Gustav Carus occupies a special place in the intellectual spectrum of the early 19th century, spanning art, science and the philosophy of nature.
