Das Dortnunder Museum am Ostwall von Leonie Reygers

In der europäischen Museumslandschaft der Nachkriegszeit war das Dortmunder Museum am Ostwall eine feste Größe. Gründungsdirektorin Leonie Reygers holte die weite Welt in die vom Bombenkrieg verwüstete Industriestadt. Sie übernahm 1947 eine ruinöses Haus, das bereits Resultat eines Umbaus war: das 1872–75 errichtete Königliche Oberbergamt war 1911 zum Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe umgebaut worden. Reygers entwickelte die Kriegsruine als Direktorin und gestaltende Bauherrin zu einem Museum der Gegenwartskunst weiter und strebte danach, in der Kombination von Alt und Neu eine „harmonische Atmosphäre“ entstehen zu lassen. Die verschiedenen historischen Schichten wurden unter ihrer Regie zu einer neuen Einheit verschmolzen. Das aus heutiger Perspektive eher unscheinbar wirkende Haus ist eines der ganz wenigen Zeugnisse eines Museumsbaus der unmittelbaren Nachkriegszeit in Deutschland und zudem ein exemplarisches Beispiel für die architektonische Strategie des Einfügens im Umgang mit Kriegsruinen.

Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier, Thomas Arnold and Julian Edmund Tenison Woods and their contribution to the formation and development of Catholic schooling in Australasia

Histories of Catholic education have received little attention by Church historians and are usually written by members of the Catholic clergy, with a strong emphasis placed on the spiritual and building accomplishments of the bishops. This thesis examines the provision of Catholic Education in Australasia, with a focus on the contribution of three men, Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier, Thomas Arnold and Julian Edmund Tenison Woods. These men received support from the female religious orders in the regions where they worked, frequently with little recognition or praise by Catholic Church authorities. The tenets of their faith gave Pompallier and Woods strength and reinforced their determination to succeed. Arnold, however, possessed a strong desire to change society. All three believed in the desirability of providing Catholic schooling for the poor, with the curriculum facilitating the acquisition of socially desirable values and traits, including obedience, honesty, moral respectability and a strong adherence to Catholic religious values. The beneficiaries included society, future employers, the Church, the children and their parents. With the exception of promoting distinctly Catholic religious values, Roman Catholic schools and National schools in Australasia shared identical objectives. Historians have neglected the contributions of these men.

Portrait of Yael Arnold Portraits Women

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Portrait of Rolf Arnold Portraits Men

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Sculptures by Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein in the home of her daughter Yael Arnold; Waldstetten.

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Sculpture by Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein in the home of her daughter Yael Arnold; Waldstetten Artworks

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Interior of the Konservenfabrik E. Arnold und Co. (Arnold and Co. canned goods factory); Fuerth, Bavaria Business Establishments; Factories

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Photographic reproduction of charcoal portrait of Arnold Gottlieb Portraits Men

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Portrait of Arnold Schoenberg Portraits Men

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Portrait of Yael Arnold Portraits Women

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Portrait of Rolf Arnold Portraits Men

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Sculptures by Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein in the home of her daughter Yael Arnold; Waldstetten.

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Sculpture by Ellen Bernkopf nee Catzenstein in the home of her daughter Yael Arnold; Waldstetten Artworks

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