2. Cemeteries

Forest Lawn - Long Beach

The History (scroll down to the 3rd essay when you get there) http://historiclongbeach.blogspot.com/2013/01/more-on-early-long-beach-ca-cemeteries.html
The # designations for the sculptures are references to Forest Lawn's Art Guide. The highest # I have found in an actual Art Guide is #1134. In addition, many numbers that appear on sculptures have been skipped in the Guide.
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Welcome! Will you be staying long....................

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  • Welcome! Will you be staying long....................
  • Forest Lawn Sunnyside, Long Beach - 1
  • Forest Lawn Sunnyside, Long Beach - 2
  • The history of Long Beach (see next for close-up)
  • The history of Long Beach
  • The history of Forest Lawn Long Beach (see next for close-up)
  • History of Forest Lawn Long Beach (Sunnyside)
  • History of Forest Lawn (see next for close-up)
  • History of Forest Lawn, the company
  • Welcome to Sunnyside, aka "Forest Lawn Long Beach"
  • Gardens of the Sacraments explanation and sales pitch.
  • The buildings of Forest Lawn - Long Beach
  • 32-foot tall 1981 re-creation of Raphael’s 1510 fresco, "Disputation of the Holy Sacrament", which is located in the papal apartments in the Vatican. This re-creation is entitled "The Paradise Mosaic". In the original, Raphael created a scene that spans both heaven and earth by including biblical figures at the top and theologians at the bottom, who discuss Transubstantiation. Here, it is located in The Garden of the Sacrament.
  • Paradise Mosaic - 2
  • In the upper left, Old and New Testament figures fellowship. Peter holds his keys. Next to him is Adam, bearded and wearing a toga. John the Evangelist is writing the Gospel of John. King David, wearing a crown, holds a lyre. A poet and musician, David wrote many of the Psalms.
  • This scene depicts the subject of theology, and it’s filled with many great religious writers and their books. The original fresco is in the same room as Raphael’s famous “School of Athens,” which is actually about philosophy. “The School of Athens” is filled with philosophers (including Plato and Aristotle in the center), many of whom hold books that they wrote.
  • A regal lion is seated next to St. Jerome, on the left side of the altar. Jerome tamed it and removed a thorn from its paw.
  • Paradise Mosaic close-up
  • Your Lady of Peace
  • Stained Glass Crucifixion
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