Highgate Cemetery
The original wooden
part of the cemetery opened in 1839, in the idea of proving seven large
cemeteries, now known as the Magnificent Seven; around the outside
of central London. The inner-city cemeteries, mostly the graveyards attached to
individual churches, had long been unable to cope with the number of burials
and were seen as a hazard to health and an undignified way to treat the dead.
The cemetery is located on both sides
of Swain's Lane in Highgate, N6, next to Waterlow Park. The main gate is
located just north of Oakshott Avenue. There is another disused gate on Chester
Road. The cemetery is in the London Boroughs of Camden, Haringey and Islington.
The most famous burial in the East
cemetery is arguably that of Karl Marx, whose tomb was the site of attempted
bombings on 2 September 1965 and in 1970
There are many other prominent
figures, Victorian and otherwise, buried at Highgate Cemetery. Most of the
historically notable figures lie in the eastern part. Tours of the most famous
graves are available but, due to vandalism and souvenir hunters, visitors are
no longer allowed to explore unaccompanied, unless they have a personal connection
with the cemetery and hold a pass to their deceased relative's grave
Burke and Hare
The Burke
and Hare murders, or West Port murders, were a series of murders committed in
Edinburgh, Scotland. Over a period of about ten months in 1828. They sold the
Bodies of their 16 victims to Doctor Robert Knox as dissection material for his
well-attended anatomy lectures. Burke and Hare's alleged accomplices were
Burke's mistress, Helen McDougal, and Hare's wife, Margaret Laird. From their
acts came the now archaic British word "burking", originally meaning
to smother a victim or to commit an anatomy murder but which later passed into
general use as a word for any suppression or cover-up
Lemmy Kilmister
Lemmy (Ian Fraser) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who founded and fronted the rock band Motörhead. His music was one of the foundations of the heavy metal genre.Thus being the reason why I mentioned him being ‘old school’ because if Lemmy wasn't kicked out/left Hawkwind then we wouldn’t have heavy metal as we do today
Lemmy is also known not only from Motörhead and Hawkwind but also for his love of the Beatles to which he says influenced him in making metal. Also because of this love, he became a roadie for good ol’ Jimi Hendrix and the nice before joining the space rock band Hawkwind
Though Lemmy is known for his thrash metal punk rock mash up band Motörhead he also has a fond loving for Nazi memorabilia and Nazi symbolism. Kilmister has stated that he did not ever support the Nazi regime or anarchism.
His personal style is one that cannot be summed with one word such as ‘Gothic, punk, metal, western or military.’ It’s sort of a mash up of them listed, He was distinctively known for the cowboy hat rested upon his head, he wore black quite often, always having specially made boots for Motörhead and 9 times of 10. Also Lemmy would have an iron cross somewhere on his body.
Gothic Architecture
Gothic architecture can be recognised mainly by
the characteristics of pointed arch, the ribbed vault and the flying
buttress; large windows which are often grouped, or have tracery; rose windows,
towers, spires and pinnacles. Though Gothic architecture was
around from the 12th-16th century and died out – you can
still view it today in abbeys, cathedrals and ninety percent of churches within
Europe.
look into these particular styles that you have mentioned, how could these relate to your project? how could you use knowledge of these style in your art work. Explain everything.
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