{"id":3187,"date":"2017-08-04T16:38:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T20:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/?p=3187"},"modified":"2017-08-04T17:40:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T21:40:38","slug":"when-in-barre-vt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/?p=3187","title":{"rendered":"when in Barre VT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/35535196064\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT15a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4368\/35535196064_f1dac52e9c.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" alt=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT15a\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\nA visit to Hope Cemetery in Barre VT is pretty much a necessity for anybody interested in the artistic side of gravestones. All of the stones come from the various granite sheds in town, and showcase about 130 years of the carvers&#8217; evolving styles and techniques. Quite a few are memorials to carvers (mostly of Italian origin) who died at young ages, of the silicosis that was epidemic in the trade until ventilation was greatly improved in the sheds in the 1930s. <\/p>\n<p>\nHope Cemetery has been thoroughly documented (there&#8217;s a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findagrave.com\/cgi-bin\/fg.cgi?page=gsr&#038;GScid=104068\">more than 6,000 interments<\/a> at findagrave.com, a nice introduction via <a href=\"http:\/\/vermonter.com\/hope-cemetery\/\">Vermonter.com<\/a>, another feature story <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.boston.com\/news\/local\/vermont\/articles\/2007\/06\/17\/where_the_gravestones_are_works_of_art\/\">from The Boston Globe<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/2008\/08\/22\/hope-cemetery-life-and-death-celebrated-in-a-garden-of-granite\/\">many excellent photographs<\/a> by Christine Anne Piesyk). Several of the memorials are regularly cited in articles on the cemetery, particularly Louis Brusa&#8217;s own:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/35562781373\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT01a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4353\/35562781373_8a41861172.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT01a\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gravelyspeaking.com\/2017\/07\/04\/the-bored-angel-and-the-tribute-to-a-stone-carver\/\">The Bored Angel and the Tribute to a Stone Carver<\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p> I was especially impressed by examples of portraiture in granite:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/35562681853\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT11\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4412\/35562681853_815da36f64.jpg\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" alt=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT11\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/36236524271\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT41\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4351\/36236524271_8810dabd1a.jpg\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" alt=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT41\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/35562740533\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT16a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4416\/35562740533_af77685db8.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT16a\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><\/center><br \/>\n(the lattermost is Elia Corti, an especially gifted sculptor who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sevendaysvt.com\/vermont\/the-italian-job\/Content?oid=2129099\">gunned down in 1904<\/a> in a struggle between socialist and anarchist workers).<\/p>\n<p>\nAlso of great interest is the remarkable design and the refined calligraphy and decoration:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/36234285671\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT13\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4441\/36234285671_0172f4d06d.jpg\" width=\"334\" height=\"500\" alt=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT13\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/35537493454\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT46\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4362\/35537493454_c9ffecd2f5.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"299\" alt=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT46\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/35535385164\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT22\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4432\/35535385164_6f65a45c88.jpg\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT22\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\nThere are some especially opulent excesses:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/36371205295\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT04a\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4391\/36371205295_dfe24d840d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" alt=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT04a\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/36370934685\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT06\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4370\/36370934685_52c2065ae8.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" alt=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT06\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><br \/>\nand my favorite, for the appropriateness of the surname <b><i>Vanetti<\/i><\/b>:<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/blackmerh\/36370956775\/in\/dateposted-family\/\" title=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT09\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4436\/36370956775_370a807451.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\" alt=\"HopeCemeteryBarreVT09\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A visit to Hope Cemetery in Barre VT is pretty much a necessity for anybody interested in the artistic side of gravestones. All of the stones come from the various granite sheds in town, and showcase about 130 years of the carvers&#8217; evolving styles and techniques. Quite a few are memorials to carvers (mostly of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","category-thanatos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3187"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3190,"href":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3187\/revisions\/3190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oook.info\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}