Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650-1815 (New Preface in the 1999 Edition.)

Title: Graven Images: New England Stonecarving and Its Symbols, 1650-1815 (New Preface in the 1999 Edition.) Author: Allen Ludwig ISBN: 9780819560407 Publisher: Wesleyan University Press Published: 2000 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: Used: Good Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. A 1611358 Publisher Description: The classic study of gravestone artIn Puritan New England, with its abiding concern for things not of this world and its distrust of forms and ceremonies, one art flourished: the symbolic art of mortuary monument stonecarvers. This carefully researched, beautifully illustrated work was the first to consider this art in depth as a meaningful aesthetic-spiritual expression. It is reissued for today's readers, with a new preface outlining changes in the field since the book appeared in 1966.