Comments on: Stone speaks http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/stone-speaks/ focused on, near and under Oakland, California Wed, 22 May 2013 03:36:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Andrew http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/stone-speaks/#comment-2979 Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:19:09 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=688#comment-2979 I found the other day that Mountain View Cemetery itself uses the Crocker angel on its front page. That one is a female angel, and the Schmidt angel is male—probably just a matter of convention. I prefer the Schmidt angel, because it looks more adult. Angels are not putti!

Michael Colbruno has posted a nice assortment of the cemetery’s angels, cherubs and putti on his Mountain View People blog.

]]> By: Dennis Evanosky http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/stone-speaks/#comment-1436 Tue, 18 May 2010 04:23:12 +0000 http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/?p=688#comment-1436 Hi Andrew,

I always enjoy traveling through your blog. Both the Crocker and Schmidt angels at Mountain View echo Albrecht Duerer’s Melancholia. Duerer did his work, an engraving just after his mother’s death.

[Thanks for an interesting diversion finding (and contemplating) that image! — Andrew]

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