Georges MATHIEU (1921-2012). "Eighteen Moments of Western Consciousness". 18 medals issued by MONNAIE de PARIS in silver gilt (vermeil), dated 1971 and numbered 32. Diameter : 47 mm. Weight : 1192 gr. Complete series including: 313 The Edict of Milan or Freedom of Conscience, 325 The Council of Nicea, 413 Saint Augustine: the city of God, 533 Denys the Areopagite: of the celestial Hierarchy, 534 The Rule of Saint Benedict, 590 Saint Colomban founds Luxeuil, 1099 Godfrey of Bouillon enters Jerusalem, 1125 Morienval: the birth of Gothic, 1527 The Sack of Rome: birth of Baroque, 1658 Charles Le Brun arrives at Vaux: French Classicism, 1675 Leibniz invents the infinitesimal calculus, 1686 Fontenelle: conversation on the plurality of Worlds, 1799 Novalis: Heinrich von Ofterdingen or the beginnings of Romanticism, 1832 Evariste Galois: group theory, 1883 Nietzsche: Zarathustra, 1944 Von Neumann and Morgenstern: theory of games and economical behaviour, 1947 Norbert Wiener: cybernetics). Bibliography: reproduced and commented on by the artist in the exhibition catalogue: Mathieu à la Monnaie: mars avril 1971, médailles et peintures. Pages 15 to 25. Quote from Georges Mathieu: "At this celebration of Western consciousness, I have obviously and very deliberately forgotten to mention a few events... It will come as no surprise to see that no political or military events have been included: creations in the spiritual, philosophical, artistic, literary and even scientific fields have seemed to me to be more decisive than what has the reputation of 'making' history".