{"id":6239,"date":"2013-12-26T06:52:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T11:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=6239"},"modified":"2015-12-26T22:38:23","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T03:38:23","slug":"unusual-chapel-murals-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2013\/12\/unusual-chapel-murals-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Unusual Chapel Murals for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This was the first I had learned of Sandham Memorial Chapel, a private chapel in Burghclere\u00a0 &#8212; Hampshire, England. Stanley Spencer was commissioned to paint a series of murals for memorial chapel that depicted various scenes specific to war and in particular, World War I. Sandham was a private memorial built by a family who dedicated it to the memory of their family member, Lieutenant Henry Willoughby Sandham, who had died in 1919 as a result of an illness he had contracted during the Macedonian campaign. Spencer had served in the war and on the same front as Lieutenant Sandham. Spencer had witnessed combat and much death as a medical orderly, so it seemed fitting that he was chosen with his unique perspective to portray scenes in the daily life of war.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a title=\"That's How the Light Gets In\" href=\"http:\/\/gerryco23.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/08\/stanley-spencers-sandham-murals-a-heaven-in-a-hell-of-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">That&#8217;s How the Light Gets In<\/a> blog, &#8220;These paintings, which took six years to create and were completed in 1932, are considered by many to be Spencer\u2019s finest achievement. Simon Schama has called the Spencer murals \u2018the most powerful art to emerge from the carnage of the Great War\u2019.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Resurrection of the Soldiers<\/em> is just one of his finest examples:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;This is Spencer\u2019s vision of the end of war, in which heaven has emerged from hell. Each cross amongst the astonishing and brave tumble across the canvas serves as an object of devotion (some of which are handed to Christ, who has been unconventionally placed in the mid-background); or marks a grave from which a soldier emerges; or serves to frame a bewildered face. The central motif is a pair of fallen mules, still harnessed to their timber wagon. The position of the cross on the altar in the chapel was of great importance to Spencer, for he felt it \u2018imperative that the top of the altar should be slightly above the bottom of the big picture\u2019 so that it might be incorporated visually amongst the mass of his own painted crosses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">(Photo credit: All Stanley Spencer \/ Sandham murals photos via <a title=\"That's How the Light Gets In blog\" href=\"http:\/\/gerryco23.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/08\/stanley-spencers-sandham-murals-a-heaven-in-a-hell-of-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">That&#8217;s How the Light Gets In<\/a> blog)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-9-resurrection-of-the-soldiers.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6245\" alt=\"spencer-sandham-memorial-9-resurrection-of-the-soldiers via That's How the Light Gets In on Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-9-resurrection-of-the-soldiers.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-9-resurrection-of-the-soldiers.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-9-resurrection-of-the-soldiers-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Immediately, I recognized that the chapel layout was influenced by one of my favorite places, Giotto&#8217;s Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, one of the most magical man-made wonders of the world, with its culminating mural at the far end depicting the rising of the dead.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/sandham-memorial-chapel-full-view.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6244\" alt=\"sandham-memorial-chapel-full-view_via That's How the Light Gets In on Art Is Eerywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/sandham-memorial-chapel-full-view.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/sandham-memorial-chapel-full-view.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/sandham-memorial-chapel-full-view-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-547\" style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/94-scrovegni1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-547\" alt=\"Scrovegni Chapel. Giotto's murals. Photo credit unknown\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/94-scrovegni1.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/94-scrovegni1.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/94-scrovegni1-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Scrovegni Chapel. Giotto&#8217;s murals. Photo credit unknown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The murals have since been relocated so restoration work can be done to the memorial chapel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/somerset-houses-partial-reconstruction-of-stanley-spencer_s-sandham-memorial-chapel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-6243\" alt=\"Somerset House_Stanley Sandheim murals_Art is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/somerset-houses-partial-reconstruction-of-stanley-spencer_s-sandham-memorial-chapel.jpg\" width=\"507\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/somerset-houses-partial-reconstruction-of-stanley-spencer_s-sandham-memorial-chapel.jpg 725w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/somerset-houses-partial-reconstruction-of-stanley-spencer_s-sandham-memorial-chapel-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0His work gives a fresh portrayal, rendered in a style that reminds me of Brueghel and like his work, such mundane activities as sorting the laundry have such life and charm even among a hellish time as war.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-6-sorting-the-laundry.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6251\" alt=\"spencer-sandham-memorial-6-sorting-the-laundry on Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-6-sorting-the-laundry.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-6-sorting-the-laundry.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-6-sorting-the-laundry-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6252\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-10-reveille.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6252\" alt=\"spencer-sandham-memorial-10-reveille on Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-10-reveille.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-10-reveille.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-10-reveille-280x300.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reveille &#8211; soldiers awaking and getting dressed under mosquito netting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6253\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-13-tea-in-the-hospital-ward.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6253\" alt=\"spencer-sandham-memorial-13-tea-in-the-hospital-ward on Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-13-tea-in-the-hospital-ward.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-13-tea-in-the-hospital-ward.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-13-tea-in-the-hospital-ward-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tea in the hospital ward<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6254\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-14-map-reading.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6254\" alt=\"spencer-sandham-memorial-14-map-reading on Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-14-map-reading.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-14-map-reading.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/spencer-sandham-memorial-14-map-reading-260x300.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Map Reading<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Other unusual chapel murals:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6255\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FriendshipBaptist_church.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6255\" alt=\"FriendshipBaptist_church via ask DCist on Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FriendshipBaptist_church.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FriendshipBaptist_church.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/FriendshipBaptist_church-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friendship Baptist Church in DC gets a colorful mural by Atlanta graffiti artist, Hense<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The church before is depicted below. It&#8217;s interesting to me that the windows were painted as if they were not considered separately and have become incorporated into the wall space. The church is so colorful on the outside but must be very dark on the inside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/01292013_church2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6256\" alt=\"Friendship Baptist before_church2 via Ask DCist on Art Is Everywhere\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/01292013_church2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"247\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Photos via <a title=\"Ask DCist\" href=\"http:\/\/dcist.com\/2013\/01\/ask_dcist_morals_murals.php\" target=\"_blank\">Ask DCist<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas with all its wondrous transformations!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art is Everywhere features Stanley Spencer Murals from Sandham Memorial Chapel as well as other chapel related murals for 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