European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Above members of an Art history tour group in of the Sunshine and a snack at a  in front of the 14th-Century Palace in Avignon trance. At right Andrew Stangel describes the Palace with the help of a scale Model. A lyrics and photos by Ron Enston staff writer Andrew \ Auric Stangel Dot Tor of history lecturer writer teat her. Tour guide and by la Way waiter has successfully blurred the line Between  to is and  he does. I the believes thai Art history and religion Art links on the sprue Ket c Hain that turns the. Globe pushing Mankind  from one generation to another from one Era to the next. Be also believes that life is a Canvas to be t overed Vilh the vivid lors of laughter Good Lime the result of the w series of Art i Tilory i thousands of Merit. Past if years Thev have visited plates like i Aris tiling of these two beliefs k his Urs. 1 hey have attracted is living in i Europe during the with or. Stangel at the Helm the Tours Are Lively . Dietlin. . Luikey. Burgundy Verdun and a do eur soother  of  s choosing. I a h i Iii is designed to Advance his message  the Liis Lory of i Europe also belongs to americ .1. And the Best  to understand that history is to see ils remnants. It is our history As my h As it is our i european t cousins the native California says. " in is our history. These Are our Uil Lural  Al the same Lime he tries to repair the visual illiteracy he says  have acquired during the Pasi two t entries. T is solution is to see Art to visit Illo lout h it when possible to stand where the Al Tel Stool and to understand the on temporary c allure that ire aled in i5ul what could have bet ome a tour series resembling a allege class in Western Tivoli Alion dry. At Identie and As appealing As a Day Al the Landfill is. Instead a joyous Romp through the Middle a ". Or the roman i a or the t Jih Century with a Man so wired on Art history thai he threatens to explode. "1 have i Good time and i just Hope everybody else docs Loo he says. A Good Lime is an . On a ret in Lour of the Provence Region of Southern t ram e. Langel was inking from the moment he Steppets on the bus in Karlsruhe West Germany where he lists. I be greeted Voltl friends loin Jenny i Low Are you Guys and made new ones it s so Gootel to finally put a face with a voice on the  the new friends were instructed to t All him  and before the bus had gone i Oil Yards he was pointing out Art. Ibis time he a i Era statue of i Tiller s idea of the Ideal Man that stands at the Gale i in smile  is. Ii is without a doubt the single most Man lit and Pief e Olsi Ulp lure torn thai Era to remain he save in his Bharat Teris Lii whisper of a Voit e. We ought to value anything that it la us Aboul our past no matter How  Outing the Lluese Dav i Abor i Lav Lour. Langel refused to slow Down. When Many of his Lour members joined him for Luni h Al a chinese restaurant in Avignon i rant e. Spangle made numerous beet run to keep everybody Happy. He rated ahead of the group to a roman healer in Orange i rant e. 1 the emptied trash baskets from the bus. Named in the aisle and led the rulers in song. Anil he  always was prepared to give a Learned lecture on Arl history Al the drop of a Tut lion Andy when Andy Why.   tame to i Tope id years ago to finish his Disse Lalion from Lic a a on the medieval history of a monastery in Switzerland. Thai led to a Job with the University of  division. Soon after Langel unveiled his teaching career however he was asked by a student if the class   Field trip to View these works of Arl. I hat soil of spun me out of the t classroom and onto n bus which i like to think of As a t classroom on wheels with i Europe As our Campus he says. Irom thai beginning evolved the Ait Liis Lory lout Whit h Are done in Ooper Alion with Lur Tours in i ran Lurl West Cie Many. Langel leads 15 to 20 eat h year Down from a High of Aboul 2s a Lew years ago. This is not All he does. He recently completed the strip for ,1 to Parl television series on the history of Germany. I be lectures in department of defense dependents schools and leaches religious Liis Lory through the Usatuk chaplains office. Although he endorses experiencing at in person his hours Are famous for their slide shows of Art soon to be seen. Museums Are not always wonderful  to see Arl he says. It s not a very satisfying experience he says. One usually looks at these works in a state of physical  i he slide shows give him the Opportunity to teat h beforehand and he1 delivers these lectures in full motion moving around the room going on lip toe to make a Point and waving his arms in a i Ili Meni i its let lures Are filled with by the ways As he lakes the discussion through several twists and turns. By the Way " the word sinister comes from the i Alin term Lor Letl which grew from .1 Prat lice of plat ing the saved on the right in religious oriented Arl and by the Way in is also related to the seating of a senior military officer on the right 1 he three balls that hang above a Pawn shop floor represent the three bags of Money Given by is. In Holas so three spinster women Coqui marry i he use of Hans in Art pret retled the Christian Eta and is actually of Greco roman origin. Anil on and on. Iven Langel Okes Aboul his september 28, 1989 stripes Magazine 11