Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged calvary cemetery, celtic crosses, chicago, Crosses, grave art, illinois, roman cross, roman crosses, sculpture on October 21, 2011| Leave a Comment »
This Roman cross marks the final resting place of the Vincentian fathers.
I’ve already shown you the lovely monument for Anna Spahn, but take another moment to view it in admiration of the simple cross that provides the backdrop.
Not only does this photograph show you a lovely Roman cross in the foreground, but a Celtic cross stands in the background.
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged calvary cemetery, chicago, Crosses, illinois, photography, roman crosses, sculpture on August 12, 2011| Leave a Comment »
I love this photo – Lake Michigan and the blue sky meeting in the background, the flowering tree, and the way the light falls across the base of the monument just enough to read the name and date.
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged cleveland, cross, Crosses, grave art, harvard grove cemetery, ohio, roman cross, roman crosses, sculpture on November 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned in my introductory post about the cemetery, Harvard Grove is not in the finest shape.
Someone took the time to prop this broken cross up against this monument.
This cross has lost one of its horizontal arms.
Even with weathering, this cross is one of the best-preserved I saw all day – at least it is intact!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cleveland, Crosses, grave art, lakeview cemetery, occupation, ohio, priest, roman cross, roman crosses, rosary, sculpture on September 3, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Most of the crosses I am drawn to first are sculptures that rise above the rest of the monument and stand high against the sky, but there are lovely crosses that are engraved into the tombstone itself, like this one for the Karmans.
I would love to know more about who these two men were and why they share a gravestone. I wonder, based on Cook’s profession as a priest being listed and the presence of the rosary, if Labate was affiliated with the Roman Catholic church as well.
Finally, I have saved the simple Roman cross on this teenage girl’s marker for last.
Posted in Cemetery Sculpture, Crosses, tagged cleveland, Crosses, grave art, lakeview cemetery, ohio, roman cross, roman crosses, sculpture on August 27, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Sometimes beauty is in simplicity, and these crosses today are good examples of that.
The plot for the Severance family is overseen by this large, simple stone cross.
Mary Frances Bolles’ gravestone is this cross, with her birthdate, name and death date engraved onto its face.
This cross marks the family plot of the Robinsons and Ewalds.
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A Grave Concern 