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Architectural Water Feature Design Competition for Pompeo Coppini’s “Victims of the Galveston Flood” heroic statue from 1904 destined for a site TBD in Galveston, Texas to commemorate the 8000 who drowned in the Storm of 1900. The Trevi Fountain, the largest fountain in Rome, is one of the most famous water sculptures in the world. It honors various popes, …
TEXAS SCULPTORS The topic of Texas sculptors was raised during a recent conversation with a Coppini project supporter. About two years ago, veteran sculptor Peggy Maceo and yours truly canvassed the country looking for world class sculptors with a proven track record of creating monumental statues for national and international clients. The process, which lasted six months, resulted in …
HOUSTON CHRONICLE ARTICLE
Art Reviewer – San Antonio Express from March 1904 I thought you would enjoy this rare item from a March 1904 San Antonio Express series wherein an art reviewer is bringing the “Victims of the Galveston Flood” to life in three articles entitled “Evolution of a Masterpiece”. As much as the three surviving photos of the Victims heroic this …
The scientific and psychological concept of “cellular memory” has been garnering true believers over the past decade and longer. “Have you ever experience deja vu? A feeling that something is repeating itself or that you’ve done before even when you know you haven’t? The recall that our cells have includes emotions and experiences which we may never have experienced. This …
KUTX Coppini Radio Show – 7 Minutes
Galveston Storm of 1900: September 8, 1900 Bernardoni Family Wedding Ring Survives Biblical Hurricane “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them.” Gandalf By a monumental miracle, the wedding band of my great grandfather – Giovanni Carlo Bernardoni – survived the Storm of 1900. Sadly, …
DEATH-DEALING STORMS IN OTHER COUNTRIES IN 19TH CENTURY: 1864—Calcutta, India; 45,000 lives and 100 ships lost. 1881—Haifong, China; 300,000 lives lost. 1881—England; great destruction of life and property and many lives lost. 1882—Manila, Philippine Islands; 60,000 families rendered homeless and 100 lives lost. 1886—Madrid, Spain; 32 killed, 620 injured. 1887—Australian coast; 550 pearl fishers perished. 1888—Cuba; 1,000 lives lost. 1889—Apia, …