Carved in stone : the artistry of early New England gravestones / photographs by Thomas E. Gilson ; essay by William Gilson.

By:

Gilson, Thomas

Contributor(s):

Gilson, William

Material type: Text

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780819573025
0819573027

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Carved in stone.DDC classification:

363.7/50974 23

LOC classification:

F5 .G55 2012eb

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Summary: 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.

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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 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.

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