Carved in stone : the artistry of early New England gravestones /

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Gravestones are colonial America's earliest sculpture and they provide a unique physical link to the European people who settled here. Carved in Stone book is an elegant collection of over 80 fine duotone photographs, each a personal meditation on an old stone carving, and on New England's...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gilson, Thomas
Otros Autores: Gilson, William
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Middletown, CT : Wesleyan University Press, ©2012.
Temas:
1600-1775
Cemeteries > New England > Pictorial works.
Sepulchral monuments > New England > Pictorial works.
Cimetières > Nouvelle-Angleterre > Ouvrages illustrés.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
SCIENCE > Environmental Science.
Cemeteries
Sepulchral monuments
New England > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Nouvelle-Angleterre > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
New England
Electronic books.
History
Pictorial works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Gravestones are colonial America's earliest sculpture and they provide a unique physical link to the European people who settled here. Carved in Stone book is an elegant collection of over 80 fine duotone photographs, each a personal meditation on an old stone carving, and on New England's past, where these stones tell stories about death at sea, epidemics such as small pox, the loss of children, and a grim view of the afterlife. The essay is a graceful narrative that explores a long personal involvement with the stones and their placement in New England landscape, and attempts to trace the cu.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (120 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780819573025
0819573027

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