The Guardian of the Image of Man

by B. John Zavrel
Originally published in: Arno Breker: Divine Beauty in Art

“Who in all his work sees God,
He in truth goes unto God:
God is his worship, God is his offering,
Offered by God in the fire of God:”
– The Bhagavad Gita

THOUGHTS FLY OFTEN back to that memorable evening when I first met Arno Breker. The long flight across the Atlantic from America back to Europe, the land of my forefathers, brings me to Breker’s home near the airport in Düsseldorf. As we drive up the long driveway to the house, his Prometheus — the god who brought culture and the divine fire to mankind — greets us with his . . . → Read More: The Guardian of the Image of Man