Cemetery Art

[StrictCatholicGirl]

If you mean did I do the "candy toss" from the second story porch again........ YES!    It was raining chocolate and the kids loved it as usual. We had a pretty decent crowd. The weather was perfect... meaning the kids needed only a light jacket or sweater over their costume, or a muti-layered costume would have kept them warm enough. The people next door to me were playing spooky tunes over the loud speakers: Monster Mash, Witchy Woman, Thriller et al.

And was that a FULL MOON I saw last night? Or was it the top of Shakespeare's famous brow, peering over a slow-moving cloud?   

[StrictCatholicGirl]

Now back to the world of fine art.. I have a treat for you on this ALL SAINTS DAY!

"Saint Cecilia" by John William Waterhouse
 

 
"Saint Eulalia" by John William Waterhouse


"St. George and the Dragon" artist unknown to me


"St. Agnes" by Cowper

[StrictCatholicGirl]

More mourners by artist Evelyn De Morgan


 
"Angel Piping to the Souls in Hell"

 
"The Angel of Death"

 
"Field of the Slain"

 
"The Red Cross" (allegory of Flanders war graves)

[StrictCatholicGirl]

This is sweet...


"A Comforting Friend" by Arthur Wardel

[StrictCatholicGirl]

I hate to give the heathens a nod on this Catholic Holy Day... but Vikings are kind of cool, don't you think? (I mean, when they're not burning down monasteries and obliterating cities )?

"The Valkyrie's Vigil" by Edward Robert Hughes

 
"Funeral of a Viking" by Sir Frank Dicksee

 
 

[libby]

If you mean did I do the "candy toss" from the second story porch again........ YES!    It was raining chocolate and the kids loved it as usual. We had a pretty decent crowd. The weather was perfect... meaning the kids needed only a light jacket or sweater over their costume, or a muti-layered costume would have kept them warm enough. The people next door to me were playing spooky tunes over the loud speakers: Monster Mash, Witchy Woman, Thriller et al.

And was that a FULL MOON I saw last night? Or was it the top of Shakespeare's famous brow, peering over a slow-moving cloud?   

I think it was!!!!

and the clouds were racing across the moon at midnight -

It was beautiful.

Even though the "Toothfairy in Poison Land" (boy costume - it was fairly gross) in the back seat fell asleep by 9:00.

[libby]

Lisa -

gorgeous paintings... I've never seen the St. Eulalia one.

man........

[Marc]

No funerary thread would be complete, I suppose, without the tombs of the fabled Lovers of Teruel.

The Lovers of Teruel (in Spanish Los amantes de Teruel) is a romance story that is alleged to have taken place in 1217 in the small town of Teruel (Aragón).

Story

In the city there were two important and wealthy families, Marcilla and Segura. Juan Martinez (also known as Diego) was a Marcilla and Isabel a Segura. The two were in love as childhood playmates but when they were both at an eligible age to wed, Diego's family had fallen on hard times. Isabel's father, being the most wealthy in all of Teruel, forbade the marriage. Diego, however, was able to make an agreement with the father in which he would leave Teruel for five years to try to build his fortune. If Diego was able to gain wealth within those five years he would be able to marry his love, Isabel.

During those five years her father pestered her to marry someone. She replied to him by saying that God wished her to remain a virgin until she turned twenty, saying that women should learn how to manage the household before getting married. Because her father loved her dearly and wished for her happiness he agreed, and for five years they waited for Diego's return.

Diego was not heard from in those five years and so on the day of the five years' close Isabel's father married her to Don Pedro de Azagra from Albarracín. Right after the wedding ceremony there was a commotion at the Zaragoza gate. The watchmen informed the village that Diego Marcilla had returned with great riches and with the intent of marrying Isabel. Diego had not counted the day in which he petitioned Isabel's father whereas the Seguras had.

That night, Diego sneaked into the bedroom of Isabel and her husband and gently awoke her. He pleaded to her, "Besame, que me muero," (Kiss me for I am dying) and she refused, saying "No quiera Dios que yo falte a mi marido," (God would not wish me to deceive my husband) "Por la pasion de Jesucristo os suplico que busques a otra, que de mi no hagais cuenta. Pues si a Dios no ha complacido, tampoco me complace a mi." (For the love of Christ, I beg you to find another, and forget about me. If our love could not please God, then neither should it please me.)

He begged her one last time, saying that he was dying and wished for a final kiss. But still she refused. Upon hearing this Diego could not bear the separation between himself and his love, and with a sigh he died on the feet of his beloved Isabel. When she realized that he died, she shivered. She woke her husband, telling him that his snoring scared her and she wished to hear a story. And he did, and in return she told him her own story. She told him of Diego and how he lay dead beside the bed.

"Oh, you wretched! Why did you not kiss him?"

"To not deceive my husband." She replied.

"Of course," he groaned. "You are a woman worthy of praise."

They agreed on secretly burying him in the local church because the husband feared that he would be blamed for his death. The next day, during the funeral for Diego Marcilla, Isabel showed up dressed in her wedding dress. She proceeded to walk to the front of the church and place a kiss on the man whom she had refused but in doing so Isabel died, falling prostrate on the body of the man whom she loved.

History

The two deaths caused by love inspired the citizens of Teruel and they demanded that the two be buried side by side so that at least in death they could be together. This request was granted by the church. The fame of the couple soon spread through Spain and in 1560 their mummies were exhumed and placed in the tombs where they now rest.

Controversy

Many scholars have debated the authenticity of the Lovers of Teruel. Their reason is that in 1353 the Italian Boccaccio told practically the same tale under the name Girolamo e Salvestra, although he had some additional material in his story. Throughout history, other cultures have had similar tales of forbidden love, such as Hero and Leander and Romeo and Juliet.

The Tombs of the Lovers

Since many people came across Spain to see the Lovers of Teruel, the mummies were exhumed and put into two new tombs that were sculpted by Juan de Ávalos. The tombs are carved out of marble and bear the family shields of Marcilla and Segura, but the most attractive part of the tombs are the lids. The lids are exquisitely carved: one features the strong and handsome Diego, his one arm outstretched, reaching for his love Isabel – his hand comes close to touching her, but because of religious piety they do not touch (since Isabel was married). The lid for Isabel is radiant and most beautiful. According to 'professor' Antonio Beltrán, the legend grew when two mummies were found in San Peter’s Church (Teruel, Aragón, Spain), in 1555; and it was believed that they were Diego Marcilla and Isabel Segura, the lovers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovers_of_Teruel

[BrevisVir55]

Now back to the world of fine art.. I have a treat for you on this ALL SAINTS DAY!

"Saint Cecilia" by John William Waterhouse
 

 
"Saint Eulalia" by John William Waterhouse

I have yet to find a painting of Waterhouse's that I do not love! +1

[Magnificat]

Here's another one of my old favorites, from Oak Grove Cemetery in Fall River, MA (final resting place of Lizzy Borden, whose grave is marked solely with the word "Lizbeth")

[StrictCatholicGirl]

No funerary thread would be complete, I suppose, without the tombs of the fabled Lovers of Teruel.

The Lovers of Teruel (in Spanish Los amantes de Teruel) is a romance story that is alleged to have taken place in 1217 in the small town of Teruel (Aragón).

Story

In the city there were two important and wealthy families, Marcilla and Segura. Juan Martinez (also known as Diego) was a Marcilla and Isabel a Segura. The two were in love as childhood playmates but when they were both at an eligible age to wed, Diego's family had fallen on hard times. Isabel's father, being the most wealthy in all of Teruel, forbade the marriage. Diego, however, was able to make an agreement with the father in which he would leave Teruel for five years to try to build his fortune. If Diego was able to gain wealth within those five years he would be able to marry his love, Isabel.

During those five years her father pestered her to marry someone. She replied to him by saying that God wished her to remain a virgin until she turned twenty, saying that women should learn how to manage the household before getting married. Because her father loved her dearly and wished for her happiness he agreed, and for five years they waited for Diego's return.

Diego was not heard from in those five years and so on the day of the five years' close Isabel's father married her to Don Pedro de Azagra from Albarracín. Right after the wedding ceremony there was a commotion at the Zaragoza gate. The watchmen informed the village that Diego Marcilla had returned with great riches and with the intent of marrying Isabel. Diego had not counted the day in which he petitioned Isabel's father whereas the Seguras had.

That night, Diego sneaked into the bedroom of Isabel and her husband and gently awoke her. He pleaded to her, "Besame, que me muero," (Kiss me for I am dying) and she refused, saying "No quiera Dios que yo falte a mi marido," (God would not wish me to deceive my husband) "Por la pasion de Jesucristo os suplico que busques a otra, que de mi no hagais cuenta. Pues si a Dios no ha complacido, tampoco me complace a mi." (For the love of Christ, I beg you to find another, and forget about me. If our love could not please God, then neither should it please me.)

He begged her one last time, saying that he was dying and wished for a final kiss. But still she refused. Upon hearing this Diego could not bear the separation between himself and his love, and with a sigh he died on the feet of his beloved Isabel. When she realized that he died, she shivered. She woke her husband, telling him that his snoring scared her and she wished to hear a story. And he did, and in return she told him her own story. She told him of Diego and how he lay dead beside the bed.

"Oh, you wretched! Why did you not kiss him?"

"To not deceive my husband." She replied.

"Of course," he groaned. "You are a woman worthy of praise."

They agreed on secretly burying him in the local church because the husband feared that he would be blamed for his death. The next day, during the funeral for Diego Marcilla, Isabel showed up dressed in her wedding dress. She proceeded to walk to the front of the church and place a kiss on the man whom she had refused but in doing so Isabel died, falling prostrate on the body of the man whom she loved.

History

The two deaths caused by love inspired the citizens of Teruel and they demanded that the two be buried side by side so that at least in death they could be together. This request was granted by the church. The fame of the couple soon spread through Spain and in 1560 their mummies were exhumed and placed in the tombs where they now rest.

Controversy

Many scholars have debated the authenticity of the Lovers of Teruel. Their reason is that in 1353 the Italian Boccaccio told practically the same tale under the name Girolamo e Salvestra, although he had some additional material in his story. Throughout history, other cultures have had similar tales of forbidden love, such as Hero and Leander and Romeo and Juliet.

The Tombs of the Lovers

Since many people came across Spain to see the Lovers of Teruel, the mummies were exhumed and put into two new tombs that were sculpted by Juan de Ávalos. The tombs are carved out of marble and bear the family shields of Marcilla and Segura, but the most attractive part of the tombs are the lids. The lids are exquisitely carved: one features the strong and handsome Diego, his one arm outstretched, reaching for his love Isabel – his hand comes close to touching her, but because of religious piety they do not touch (since Isabel was married). The lid for Isabel is radiant and most beautiful. According to 'professor' Antonio Beltrán, the legend grew when two mummies were found in San Peter’s Church (Teruel, Aragón, Spain), in 1555; and it was believed that they were Diego Marcilla and Isabel Segura, the lovers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovers_of_Teruel

Marc, that was awesome. I never heard of this couple before. Thanks for sharing!!

[StrictCatholicGirl]

Now back to the world of fine art.. I have a treat for you on this ALL SAINTS DAY!

"Saint Cecilia" by John William Waterhouse
 

 
"Saint Eulalia" by John William Waterhouse

I have yet to find a painting of Waterhouse's that I do not love! +1

Agreed.. I had to do a little research on St. Eulalia (of the second picture). Here's what I found. Fascinating!

Eulalia of Mérida, according to her hagiography, was a Roman Christian child martyred in Emerita, the capital of Lusitania (modern Mérida in Spain) during the persecution of Christians in the reign of emperor Diocletian and his co-emperor Maximian. Others place her death at the time of Trajan Decius (AD 249-51).[2] There is some dispute as to whether Saint Eulalia of Barcelona, whose story is similar, is the same person.[3]

Eulalia was a devout Christian virgin, aged 12–14, whose mother sequestered her in the countryside in AD 304 because all citizens were required to avow faith in the Roman gods. Eulalia ran away to the law court of the governor Dacian at Emerita, professed herself a Christian, insulted the pagan gods and emperor Maximian, and challenged the authorities to martyr her. The judge's attempts at flattery and bribery failed. According to the Spanish-Roman poet Prudentius of the fifth century, who devoted book 3 of his Peristephanon ("About martyrs") to Eulalia, she said:

Isis Apollo Venus nihil est,
Maximianus et ipse nihil:
illa nihil, quia facta manu;
hic, manuum quia facta colit
(Isis, Apollo and Venus are naught,
Nor is Maximian anything more;
Nothing are they, for by hand they were wrought,
He, for of hands he the work doth adore)

She was then stripped by the soldiers, tortured with hooks and torches, and burnt at the stake, suffocating from smoke inhalation. She taunted her torturers all the while,[4] and as she expired a dove flew out of her mouth. This frightened away the soldiers and allowed a miraculous snow to cover her nakedness, its whiteness indicating her sainthood.

A shrine over her tomb was soon erected. Veneration of Eulalia was already popular with Christians by AD 350;[2] Prudentius' poem increased her fame[5] and relics from her were distributed through Iberia. Bishop Fidelis of Mérida rebuilt a basilica in her honor around AD 560.[2][6] Her shrine was the most popular in Visigothic Spain.[5] In c. 780 her body was transferred to Oviedo by King Silo. It lies in a coffin of Arab silver donated by Afonso VI in 1075. In 1639, she was made patron saint of Oviedo.[7] She appears in Thieleman J. van Braght, Martyrs Mirror: An account of Those who Suffered in the Fourth Century (1660).[8]

[BrevisVir55]

Now back to the world of fine art.. I have a treat for you on this ALL SAINTS DAY!

"Saint Cecilia" by John William Waterhouse
 

 
"Saint Eulalia" by John William Waterhouse

I have yet to find a painting of Waterhouse's that I do not love! +1

Agreed.. I had to do a little research on St. Eulalia (of the second picture). Here's what I found. Fascinating!

Eulalia of Mérida, according to her hagiography, was a Roman Christian child martyred in Emerita, the capital of Lusitania (modern Mérida in Spain) during the persecution of Christians in the reign of emperor Diocletian and his co-emperor Maximian. Others place her death at the time of Trajan Decius (AD 249-51).[2] There is some dispute as to whether Saint Eulalia of Barcelona, whose story is similar, is the same person.[3]

Eulalia was a devout Christian virgin, aged 12–14, whose mother sequestered her in the countryside in AD 304 because all citizens were required to avow faith in the Roman gods. Eulalia ran away to the law court of the governor Dacian at Emerita, professed herself a Christian, insulted the pagan gods and emperor Maximian, and challenged the authorities to martyr her. The judge's attempts at flattery and bribery failed. According to the Spanish-Roman poet Prudentius of the fifth century, who devoted book 3 of his Peristephanon ("About martyrs") to Eulalia, she said:

Isis Apollo Venus nihil est,
Maximianus et ipse nihil:
illa nihil, quia facta manu;
hic, manuum quia facta colit
(Isis, Apollo and Venus are naught,
Nor is Maximian anything more;
Nothing are they, for by hand they were wrought,
He, for of hands he the work doth adore)

She was then stripped by the soldiers, tortured with hooks and torches, and burnt at the stake, suffocating from smoke inhalation. She taunted her torturers all the while,[4] and as she expired a dove flew out of her mouth. This frightened away the soldiers and allowed a miraculous snow to cover her nakedness, its whiteness indicating her sainthood.

A shrine over her tomb was soon erected. Veneration of Eulalia was already popular with Christians by AD 350;[2] Prudentius' poem increased her fame[5] and relics from her were distributed through Iberia. Bishop Fidelis of Mérida rebuilt a basilica in her honor around AD 560.[2][6] Her shrine was the most popular in Visigothic Spain.[5] In c. 780 her body was transferred to Oviedo by King Silo. It lies in a coffin of Arab silver donated by Afonso VI in 1075. In 1639, she was made patron saint of Oviedo.[7] She appears in Thieleman J. van Braght, Martyrs Mirror: An account of Those who Suffered in the Fourth Century (1660).[8]

When I first ran across St. Eulalia I looked into it as well, It is so beautiful! The poem as well. That picture is currently my desktop wallpaper and I am reminded of the story each time I pass by my computer. 

[libby]

Lisa -

Do you know what would be a great addition to this thread?

The painting of the two nuns digging a grave in a cemetery - I can't remember who posted it.

[Texican]

Lisa -

Do you know what would be a great addition to this thread?

The painting of the two nuns digging a grave in a cemetery - I can't remember who posted it.

Here you go, libby.  It was didishroom that posted it, here:  http://catholicforum.fisheaters.com/index.php/topic,3391783.msg32786280.html#msg32786280