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Heavens Gate – Staglieno Sculptures Beautiful Historic Place Photo Prints – Gallery 2. Art photos of the incredible 19th century Naturalistic Art sculptures of the Monumental Staglieno Cemetery, Genoa. Black & white art photos by photographer Paul E Williams..

” Tombs have been important to mankind for thousands of years. The great stone neolithic portal tombs show how much trouble people were willing to go to when it came to burial rites. Every civilisation since has left incredible tombs that we still marvel at today.

Italian Naturalistic Sculpture

A less well known marvel, except to scholars of Italian Naturalistic Sculpture, is the huge Staglieno cemetery in Genoa. The Staglieno cemetery is the place to go to see some of the finest Italian naturalistic statues made in the late 1800’s. The quality of the statues is astounding with life size sculptures adorning huge family tombs. Significant sculptors with work at Staglieno include Leonardo Bistolfi, Augusto Rivalta, Giulio Monteverde, Eugenio Baroni, Edoardo Alfieri and Vittorio Lavezzari.

Dust has settled on the statues of Staglieno over time and has given them an unusual patina. The statues are incredibly detailed and life like, and they gives us a glimpse back 150 years to how people dressed and coiffured themselves. No detail has been left out. Every stitch in the garments have been chiselled out of the stone. Strands of hair and tears have been sculpted with great skill by the artists.

Like a lot of photographers I have always been drawn to cemeteries and like Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, Staglieno is an incredible place to visit. I hope you enjoy the photos. Paul E Williams