Cemeteries GravemarkersRichard Meyer Utah State University Press, 1992 - 347 pages Cemeteries 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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... carved in relief . The crest contains a couped arm with a clinched fist wielding a sword , but the carving for the hand and fingers is much better executed than the hands and fingers found on the John Brown and Robert McPherson stones ...
... carved in relief . The crest contains a couped arm with a clinched fist wielding a sword , but the carving for the hand and fingers is much better executed than the hands and fingers found on the John Brown and Robert McPherson stones ...
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... carved after 1800. This eagle can be considered a precursor , at least conceptually , for those that follow on later Bigham gravestones . The Robert Bigham stone exhibits an exceptional carving skill and an ability to create a new coat ...
... carved after 1800. This eagle can be considered a precursor , at least conceptually , for those that follow on later Bigham gravestones . The Robert Bigham stone exhibits an exceptional carving skill and an ability to create a new coat ...
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... carved imagery fell well within the parameters of traditional New England iconography , which expressed the survivors ' hopes of life everlasting for the deceased . Because most of the surviving gravestones cluster around the mid - to ...
... carved imagery fell well within the parameters of traditional New England iconography , which expressed the survivors ' hopes of life everlasting for the deceased . Because most of the surviving gravestones cluster around the mid - to ...
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Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Images of Logging on Contemporary Pacific Northwest | 61 |
Copyright | |
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