July 26, 2009
Number 145
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July 2009
The sculptor Arno Breker (left) and the US publisher B. John Zavrel. He published several books about Breker, as well as by and about his contemporaries Prof. Hermann Oberth and Roger Peyrefitte (Paris). Breker valued Zavrel's engagement in the United States. In 1920s, Breker at one time considered settling down in New York. For our article, see Arno Breker would have had his 109th birthday in July ...
Exhibition HOMAGE TO SALVADOR DALI
Author Ruth Zucker turned 95 years in Israel
***** Exhibition HOMAGE TO SALVADOR DALI. September 5 to November 30, 2009
INVITATION TO ARTISTS: Fall 2009 Exhibition
****** Invitation to visit Alexander Sculpture Garden ******
SPRING 2009 Exhibition: 'Salvador Dalí & Gala in Clarence'
BOULEVARD NEWS & EYEWITNESS REPORTS ...
**** Arno Breker would have had his 109th birthday in July
Nancy Reagan: Happy birthday, dear First Lady!, by B. John Zavrel
Kurt Arentz honored as „great artist of our time", by B. John Zavrel
Exhibition HOMAGE TO DALI will open at the Museum of European Art in Clarence, New York on September 5, 2009. For more information, see Exhibition HOMAGE TO SALVADOR DALI ...
Photo Copyright: Susan M. Ludwig Ferry
SCULPTURE AND ARCHITECTURE ...
Homage to Goethe to the 175th anniversary of his death, by B. John Zavrel
Bodenstein Castle: A Place of Art in Europe, by Consul B. John Zavrel
LITERATURE & POETRY ...
Guru Purnima 2009, from Swami Veda Bharati
**** Author Ruth Zucker turned 95 years in Israel
The Japanese writer Yukio Mishima
"Secret Friendships" illustrated for the first time in USA, by Joe F. Bodenstein
A Love Poem by Marlene Dietrich
Henry de Montherlant at the Bodenstein Castle
FILM AND THEATER ...
A new opera: "The Seven Adventures of Rustam", by B. John Zavrel
Nancy Reagan at the time of being the First Lady of the United States of America. For our article, see Nancy Reagan: Happy birthday, dear First Lady! ...
(Photograph: whitehouse)
MUSIC AND DANCE ...
IMAGINE, by John Lennon ... (video clip)
Joseph Wincenc: A Life for Music:, by B. John Zavrel
AMBER DIGBY sings: JEALOUSLY INSANE ... (video clip)
Beethoven's 5th Symphony (Part 1), conducted by Herbert von Karajan (1966) ... (video clip)
PAINTING & PHOTOGRAPHY ...
The painter Alphonse Mucha, by B. John Zavrel
TIBET IN EXILE, by Douglas F. Herman
Anti-war painting by Keith Haring in Berlin, by Joe F. Bodenstein
Indian painter Ravishankar Raval
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ...
Mankind's technological tasks for the future, by Hermann Oberth
The inventor Wilson Greatbatch, by B. John Zavrel
A Russian Space Pioneer Chronicles the Life of Oberth
Ruth Zucker on the cover page of her autobiography „My Seven Lives". For our article, see Author Ruth Zucker turned 95 years in Israel ...
Foto: Marco-VG, Bonn
LECTURES, INTERVIEWS & SPEECHES ...
Politics: The price of freedom ?, by B. John Zavrel
HUMAN RIGHTS ...
An ideal world, by Hermann Oberth
Ruth Zucker on assignment for Israel: MY LIFE AS A SPY
Dalai Lama: My Dream for Tibet's Freedom
The historian Prof. Dr. Hermann Schäfer (left) delivered the laudatio for the sculptor Kurt Arentz at the celebration of the artist's 75th birthday. The former German Vice Minister of Culture of Angela Merkel appraised the life and work of the important contemporary artist. More than 300 guests from many countries came to the reception at the Noervenich Castle and congratulated Arentz (center) and his wife Therese. For our article, see Kurt Arentz honored as „great artist of our time" ...
NEWS FROM THE ORDER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT ...
What is the Order of Alexander the Great?
Alexander Order and Princess Victoria Luise of Prussia
THE ORDER OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT ( selected articles )
Membership Application - NOVICE MEMBER of Alexander Order
Der geniale Künstler Dalí hatte Prostatakrebs, wie Millionen anderer Männer. Nach entsprechender Behandlung entwickelte er sich jedoch „gutmütig". Dalí starb bekanntlich an allgemeiner Erschöpfung, nicht aber an Krebs. Er starb „mit Prostatakrebs", sagen Ärzte. Das gibt Hoffnung für alle Erkrankten auf eine längere Lebenserwartung. For our article in German, see Auch Salvador Dalí hatte Prostata-Krebs ...
THE MUSEUM OF EUROPEAN ART & SCULPTURE GARDEN OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
**** Donations to the ALEXANDER SCULPTURE GARDEN
General information about the MUSEUM OF EUROPEAN ART
Membership Application--ARTISTS' CIRCLE at Museum of European Art
ESSAYS ON ART, CULTURE & SOCIETY ...
Creation's Song of Songs, by Arno Breker
The purpose of mankind and the goal of culture, by Hermann Oberth
Without art, there is no culture, by Arno Breker
ART HISTORY IN FACTS & RARE PHOTOS ...
One element of Arno Breker's art, by Prof. Arcadi Nebolsine
Remembering Salvador Dalí, by Genia Chef
Arno Breker--Sculptor and Architect, by B. John Zavrel
Thorak's relief 'Hans Sachs' in bronze, by B. John Zavrel
Salvador Dalí has been dead for 20 years, by B. John Zavrel
"VIRGIL'S FAREWELL", a color woodcut by Salvador Dalí. For our article, see Dante and the Lustful ...
SALVADOR DALI & HIS ILLUSTRATIONS TO DANTE'S PURGATORIO ...
Dante, Dalí and the Divine Comedy, by B. John Zavrel
Dante Climbs from Sin to Repentance, by B. John Zavrel (Part 1 of 6)
Dante's passage through the Needle's Eye, by B. John Zavrel (Part 2 of 6)
Dante and the Whip of Wrath, by B. John Zavrel (Part 3 of 6)
Dante and the Rein of Avarice, by B. John Zavrel (Part 4 of 6)
Dante and the Lustful (Part 5 of 6)
Dante and Beatrice in the Earthly Paradise (Part 6 of 6)
Farewell to Farrah Fawcett, the popular actress and model from 1970s, who died in June, 2009 in a two-year battle with cancer. She was only 62 years old.
SPIRITUALITY AND PHILOSOPHY ...
Guru Purnima 2009, from Swami Veda Bharati
Swami Rama of the Himalayas: Prayer, Meditation & Contemplation (Part 1) ... (video clip)
YOGA SCIENCE & PHILOSOPHY ...
Listen to the Song of Silence: 2009 Himalayan Yoga Tradition Congress
Friends of Gurukulam. A selection of articles by and about Swami Veda
The bald-headed eagle is on the front cover of the catalog „Kurt Arentz". The model for it was an eagle from the wildlife preserve of Horst Niesters (Hellenthal, Germany). An exemplaire of this bronze eagle with the title „Liberty" belongs to the collection of the US President Ronald Reagan. A large bronze version can be seen in the Alexander Sculpture Garden in Clarence, New York. For our article, see Art Catalog „Kurt Arentz" for the exhibition at the museum ...
ART FOR COLLECTORS ...
Art Catalog „Kurt Arentz" for the exhibition at the museum
Books from Museum of European Art
Arno Breker - A Life for the Beautiful, by Thomas Blumann
ORIGINAL ARTICLES IN OTHER LANGUAGES (German, French & other) ...
**** Arno Breker hätte im Juli seinen 109. Geburtstag begangen
**** Ruth Zucker wurde in Israel 95 Jahre
Auch Salvador Dalí hatte Prostata-Krebs, von Joe F. Bodenstein
Kurt Arentz als „großer Künstler unserer Zeit" gewürdigt, von B. John Zavrel
Art Katalog Kurt Arentz zur Museumsausstellung
Staat gibt mehr Geld für Bayreuth und die Wagner-Fans, von B. John Zavrel
Mildred Scheel stellte alle First Ladies in den Schatten, von Joe F. Bodenstein
Obama als Triumphator in Europa und Nahost
US-Botschafter besucht Arentz-Ausstellung in Nörvenich
The Persian, internationally celebrated poet Ferdowsi in his Shahnameh epic emphasizes morality, nationalism, and bravery in his magnum opus, which shows that good eventually defeats evil. For our article, see A new opera: "The Seven Adventures of Rustam" ...
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