The Rothko Chapel and the Rothko Chapel Paintings in Houston, Texas were commissioned by John and Dominique de Menil as a permanent installation of an artists work and as a contemporary ecumenical sanctuary and opened to the public in February, 1972. Famed artist Mark Rothko created 14 large murals for the Chapel. Several, including the Great North Triptych, are shown per-restoration in this eBook. Selections from the Whirling Dervishes, The Royal Dancers of Bhutan, and the Singing Rabbi. Also included is a Fast Forward to 2019 and 2020. Click at link below to go to a secure page to download.
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About kvncassidy120
Kevin Cassidy is a computer consultant, website designer, blog developer, transcriptionist, and MS Office specialist living in Houston, Texas. He was born in 1946 and grew up in Grosse Pointe, Michigan a suburb around Detroit. He moved to Houston, Texas in 1966 to attend the University of St. Thomas. Kevin Cassidy taught yoga at the School of Yoga in the 1970s in Houston where he has lived for over 35 years. He is an amateur student of world history with special interests in the world literature, architecture, art, archaeology, and military history.
In 1978, Kevin Cassidy photographed many of the temples and archaeology sites in Egypt, Greece, and Israel. He has continued reading and researching in those areas (as well as many others) since then and is planning blogs on many of the themes above.
Living in the Menil Collection / Rothko Chapel / Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum neighborhood for over 30 years, Kevin has attended many of the cultural events and experienced much of the cultural phenomena presented by these institutions. The Rothko Chapel opened in 1971. The Menil Collection museum in 1987. The Cy Twombly Pavilion museum in 1995, and the Byzantine Fresco Chapel museum in 1997. The Byzantine Fresco Chapel closed in March 2012. Kevin was there for three of the openings as well as the Opening of the Menil Collection at the Grand Palais in Paris 1984.