Last weekend was finally the chance for me to visit the famous "Melaten-Friedhof" (Melaten Cemetery) in Cologne. It's one of the most important cemeteries in Germany, being one of the first to have a park cemetery and having a vast collection of notable sculptures.
Since our hobby is
Geocaching we did two birds with one stone: There is a
multistaged Geocache hidden there which took us on a tour around this beautyful spot.
See for yourself:
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Part of a roof on a big mausoleum |
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Familiar Angel (seen in Hamburg and Hannover as well) |
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Astonishingly beautiful example |
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And another one. Trumpet down is quite common though. |
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Twenties style. Not roaring but still twenties. |
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My favourite there. Can't say why, but there you are... |
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The most famous sculpture there. Let me introduce you "old Nick". |
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Old Nick again. |
It's a bit of a shame that this one is the most famous one there since it's not my definition of beauty. And it's a bit disappointing, too when you actually get there. It's in a quite corner and surrounded by trees *very* nearby so you are really struggling to get a proper photograph of it since light is everything. You could help yourself with a tripod but i travelled without one. High Iso is the key but then you get high noise as well. So heavy editing and b/w is the solution.
And the really dissapointing thing about "Old Nick": The scythe is made of plastic. Ts.
I think its a torch down, not a trumpet; Torch down means the end of life, the end of the vital fire...
ReplyDeleteYou are right about the meaning of a torch. But i'm regretting to say that you are wrong in this particular case.
ReplyDeleteActually it is indeed a trumpet. And it represents the day of judgment and/or the call to resurrection.
And though the torch can be found more often the trumpet still is not extremly seldom.
I am an oil painter and would love to use some of your photos as inspiration for some art pieces. I know these are all copyrighted to you so let me know what you think.
ReplyDeleteThis was a loveely blog post
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