Saturday, 3 February, 2007
T his tomb in 1912 by Arthur Bock created from limestone. It is located in the cemetery at the grave of Hamburg Ohlsdorf Claussen. The sculpture has the dimensions of 2 x 2.2 meters. The entire tomb measures 1.9 x 4.4 meters. The grave is flanked by two granite wall. The center of the display is a seated female figure with head bowed and arms outstretched. The upturned palms give the mourners a God-devoted, or fatalistic expression. You in the mourning its intended destiny.
Literature:
- Leisner, Barb ara, Heiko Schulze KL and Ellen Thormann. Hamburg's main cemetery Ohlsdorf. History and monuments. Volumes 1 and 2 Hamburg, 1990.
T his portal-like tomb is located on the Friefhof Ohlsdorf Hamburg. The sculpture and the sculpture was created in 1903 by sculptor Caedar Scharff. In front are the tomb of granite sculptures on either side. These represent sphinxes, which are within the meaning of Egyptian and Greek idea of guarding the grave. The bronze sculpture embodies Charon, a young, beautiful just died at the wrist and holds it in his boat, pulls in order to bring about the Acheron (Styx) to the entrance of Hades.
Literature:
- Leisner, Barbara; Heiko Schulze KL and Ellen Thormann. Hamburg's main cemetery Ohlsdorf. History and monuments. Volumes 1 and 2 Hamburg, 1990.
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Tuesday 26 December, 2006
Sculpture of a goddess of fate and two people from limestone by Hugo Lederer from 1905.
Title: "Fate"
Location: Hamburg's main cemetery Ohlsdorf
This Art Nouveau sculpture originally stood "in a separate small pavilion in the garden of the family at the Edward Lippert Harvestehuder 107th Way After she came Ohlsdorf 1956. " The former location was thus in the center of Hamburg's Alster lake, between Rothenbaumchaussee, near the monastery star.
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