Tuesday 17 April 2012

Spring in the Cemetery


A spring view of part of the Victorian area of York cemetery. In the foreground is a large stone cross which is a memorial to 'Harriet Dickinson, wife of Alfred Dickinson, Wine Merchant of this city'. In the background is the Grade II* listed cemetery chapel designed by James Piggott Prichett. Completed in 1838 it is based on the Temple of Erechtheus one of the three main temples on the Acropolis in Athens. A rather pagan linneage for a funeral chapel! 

Taking part in  Tapophile Tragics

11 comments:

  1. Interesting story of the chappel and an interesting photo with lots to see.

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  2. Amazing how many pagan connections there are in religious symbols including architecture! Interesting post!

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  3. Fantastic picture! I love how you got the chapel in the background.

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  4. This shows an interesting contrast between the colour of the chapel and the headstones.

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  5. Somehow I missed yesterday's lemonade stand! Not that warm here.
    I guess we want strong architecture for religious purposes no matter what its background or lineage.

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  6. Lovely to see such signs of spring amongst the finality of death...

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  7. pretty, with the yellow spring flowers...

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  8. Yes, what are those yellow spring flowers? They look like wattle, but surely not ...

    I like the mix of christianity and paganism. A case of having one's cake and eating piggishly ... straining at the constraints that institutionalised religion required, perhaps.

    I guess their is more moss on the headstones that are visible, than on the chapel, because the chapel is on a base and the headstones slammed into the soil. I like the weathering of moss and algae ... the power of the 'jungle' ...

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    1. The flowers are Forsythia sometimes called Golden Bells, and are one of the first signs of spring over here.

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  9. People seem to crave to see their churches, banks and city halls as grand and glorious. I guess that instills confidence. Even on her headstone, the woman gets her status through her husband, as I take it HE was the wine merchant. Pretty photo, Deb.

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