The Rothko Chapel: Writings on Art and the Threshold of the Divine

This Elegant Collection Commemorates The Timeless Words And Inspired Thoughts Of Dominique De Menil, A Woman Whose Life's Task Was To Inspire A Better World. With Her Husband John, Dominique Founded The Inter-religious Rothko Chapel In Houston In 1971. The De Menils' Dream Was For The Chapel To Promote Interfaith Dialogue, Human Rights, And The Arts. They Famously Commissioned The Artist Mark Rothko To Create A Suite Of Paintings Specifically For The Chapel. Gathered Here Is A Selection Of De Menil's Thought-provoking Speeches, Interviews, Letters, And Other Commentaries, Beginning With Her Inaugural Address For The Rothko Chapel And Concluding With Remarks She Offered At A Human Rights Award Ceremony In 1997. The Writings Testify To De Menil's Profound Belief In The Transcendent Dimension Of Life And In The Motivating Power Of The Principles Of Truth And Justice. More Relevant Today Than Ever, Her Visionary Ideas Seem Both Prescient And Deeply Important In The Strife-ridden World Of The 21st Century.--pub. Desc. Foreword / Fariha De Menil Friedrich -- Foreword / Christopher Rothko -- Inaugural Address At The Rothko Chapel, February 26, 1971 -- Address At The Opening Of The Rothko Chapel, February 27, 1971 -- Dedicatory Address For Barnett Newman's Broken Obelisk, February 28, 1971 -- Welcoming Speech At Traditional Modes Of Contemplation And Action In World Religions, Rothko Chapel Colloquium I, July 22, 1973 -- Commentary On The Rothko Chapel Form An Interview By Les Levine Published By Arts Magazine, March 1974 -- Address At Toward A New Strategy For Development, Rothko Chapel Colloquium Iii, February 3, 1977 -- Letter To The Religious Leaders In Houston, December 1, 1977 -- Thanks To The Whirling Dervishes After Their Performance At The Rothko Chapel, October 1978 -- Introduciton Of Congressman Ronald V. Dellums, January 15, 1981 -- Statement At The First Rothko Chapel Awards For Commitment To Truth And Freedom, June 20, 1981 -- Welcoming Speech At Islam : A Spiritual Message And A Quest For Justice, Rothko Chapel Colloquium Iv, October 21-25, 1981 -- Statement At The Second Rothko Chapel Awards For Commitment To Truth And Freedom, December 10, 1986 -- Comments At The Awarding Of The Carter-menil Human Rights Prize 1986, December 10, 1986 Remarks At The Presentation Of The Second Oscar Romero Award, March 24, 1988 -- Talk At The Rothko Symposium, Yale University Art Gallery, Sponsored By The Yale Institute Of Sacred Music, Worship And The Arts, December 1-3, 1989 -- Remarks At The Ceremony For The Third Oscar Romero Award, Washington, D.c., April 24, 1990 -- Comments At The Awarding Of The Carter-menil Human Rights Prize 1990, December 10, 1990 -- Opening Remarks At Christianity And Churches On The Eve Of The Vatican Ii, Rothko Chapel Colloquium Vi, January 12-15, 1991 -- Remarks At A Dinner Honoring Nelson Mandela And Introducing The 1991 Recipients Of The Carter-menil Human Rights Prize, December 7, 1991 -- A Statement, 1991 -- Acceptance Speech On The Occasion Of Receiving The 1992 Christian Culture Series Gold Medal Award Form Assumption University, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, March 8, 1992 -- Unpublished Opinion, We Should Not Forget And Must Not Remain Silent, November 1993 -- Remarks At The Ceremony For The Fifth Oscar Romero Award, Vienna, Austria, June 16, 1993 -- Remarks At The Ceremony For The Sixth Oscar Romero Award, January 11, 1997. Dominique De Menil ; Forewords By Fariha De Menil Friedrich And Christopher Rothko ; Introduction By Emilee Dawn Whitehurst. A Rothko Chapel Book.