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URN COURT FOR CREMATORY SECTION, BRESLAU MODEL SINGLE GRAVES IN FOREST CEMETERY SECTION, BRES- 
CEMETERY EXHIBIT. LAU MODEL CEMETERY EXHIBIT. 
graves, each section must have its pre- 
vailing uniformity of character, which no 
obtrusive detail must disturb. All parts 
were made readily accessible and connected 
by paths, but, on the other hand, separated 
CROSS TABLET IN MONUMENTAL ART 
EXHIBIT AT LEIPSIC. 
Design by Prof. Dr. Billing-, Karlsruhe. 
Executed by Rupp & Moeller, Karlsruhe. 
by hedges. In the parts containing natural 
trees and woods, which were less closely 
occupied, large family burial plots and 
hereditary burying places had been laid out. 
Here a curved road with a uniform horti- 
cultural treatment on each side served to 
emphasize the general effect sought for in 
the treatment of this section. 
In the memorial stones in this modern 
portion much care was taken in presenting 
variety in form and treatment of the ma- 
terial and many suggestions were presented. 
Sandstone, granite and Silesian marble 
monuments were displayed in different 
treatments to show their possibilities. Ar- 
tificial stone, in good forms, was also per- 
mitted. 
Like Breslau, which held in connection 
with its unique historical centennial exhi- 
hibition an exposition of cemetery art, 
Leipzig has combined a similar exhibit 
with its excellent building trades exhibition. 
The monumental craftsman in Germany 
must feel pleased that the cities manifest 
such great interest as is shown by the per- 
sistent efforts to elevate the greatly neg- 
lected cemetery art. For the exhibitors 
themselves, the value of the distinction they 
get by showing to the public works of real 
art is evident. 
It is both interesting and profitable to 
compare the two exhibitions of Breslau 
and Leipzig. Not only sculptors, monu- 
mental workers and architects, but also 
cemetery officials may derive great benefit 
from the comparison. 
In Breslau it was the landscape garden- 
ing plans which were brought into promi- 
nence and made a very good impression on 
the observer. The monuments, especially 
in the single grave sections, received sec- 
ondary consideration. Monuments of ce- 
ment, gayly painted, of the most atrocious 
kind, were admitted, while the door was 
closed to polished granite! 
It was otherwise in Leipzig. There the 
grave memorial held first place. The gar- 
dening decorations were treated as supple- 
mentary — as accessories. 
On entering the cemetery art exhibition 
the little village cemetery, adjoining the 
church, made a homelike impression with 
its simple, paved paths. 
The “Forest Cemetery’’ section of the 
Breslau exhibit was jusly criticised for the 
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VASE MONUMENT IN MONUMENTAL 
ART EXHIBIT AT LEIPSIC. 
Design by Architect W. Franke. Executed 
by Ewald Scharf. 
