Cemeteries GravemarkersCemeteries house the dead, but gravemarkers are fashioned by the living, who record on them not only their pleasures, sorrows, and hopes for an afterlife, but also more than they realize of their history, ethnicity, and culture. Richard Meyer has gathered twelve original essays examining burial grounds through the centuries and across the land to give a broad understanding of the history and cultural values of communities, regions, and American society at large. |
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In an effort to forestall complete oblivion , she decided to photograph and transcribe all of the eighteenth - century gravestones still standing in the black section north of Dyre Avenue in the Common Burying Ground .
In an effort to forestall complete oblivion , she decided to photograph and transcribe all of the eighteenth - century gravestones still standing in the black section north of Dyre Avenue in the Common Burying Ground .
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One way this is accomplished is through affixing an enameled photograph of the deceased onto the stone marker . This custom of incorporating a visual image of the deceased within the burial space is an ancient one in Christianity 16.
One way this is accomplished is through affixing an enameled photograph of the deceased onto the stone marker . This custom of incorporating a visual image of the deceased within the burial space is an ancient one in Christianity 16.
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Richard Meyer. Figure 11.1 . White Bronze Bust Created from a Portrait or Photograph ( Photograph Barbara Rotundo ) Figure 11.2 . White Bronze Bas Relief Created from a.
Richard Meyer. Figure 11.1 . White Bronze Bust Created from a Portrait or Photograph ( Photograph Barbara Rotundo ) Figure 11.2 . White Bronze Bas Relief Created from a.
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Copyright | |
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| Pealkiri | Cemeteries Gravemarkers |
| Editor | Richard Meyer |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Utah State University Press, 1992 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 24 mär. 2005 |
| ISBN | 0874211603, 9780874211603 |
| Length | 347 pages |
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