dinsdag 12 juni 2012

Taphophile Tragics

 The cemetery Staglieno in Genoa Italy is gigantic with sculptures at almost any grave. It dates from 1851 and fills 160 hectares. There is a even shuttlebus to drive people around. I was stunned by the realistic and exuberant sculptures, it was like you walked through the lives of the people. This one I suppose was a father of a young family as there are little children surrounding him, or maybe the grandfather. There was no further information, only the family name.



The sculpturers are made with so much details. The children seem to play with water.

It looks like she is playing with ducks.

14 opmerkingen:

  1. Such a beautiful monument. Shame there is no further information.

    Herding Cats

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  2. The italians do go in for big statues on their graves but this one is a major work of art. So detailed and intricate.

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  3. wow. very moving.
    I hope this stays around a long time.

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  4. A major art work indeed. Looks like the passage of time is beginning to show on it.

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  5. Oh my, that's almost like a Norman Rockwell painting turned into 3D! He left a large faily behind.

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  6. exuberant seems a good word to describe some of this statuary. I will be able to see for myself next week and cannot wait!

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  7. M, this is an intriguing tomb with so much personal interest. What a keen eye you had to see the little ducks in the sculpture... Wouldn't you love to know more about this man and his family.

    Bises,
    Genie

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  8. Great photo! That is the one thing that interested me when I visited Europe, all the huge stones on the gravesites. Very interesting.

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  9. Goodness, I wonder if they are all portraits.

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  10. wow, that is a very elaborate grave.
    very pretty!!

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  11. It is an impressive grave.

    Greetings,
    Filip

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  12. Oh yes, I would love to spend a few dsys in that cemetery, but would have to make use of the shuttlebus. This carving must have cost a fortune. Perhaps the Italians of that time did not have the English Victorian phobia about death and dying.

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