Graven Images
Author | : Allan I. Ludwig |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 526 |
Release | : 1966 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015008480827 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Graven Images by : Allan I. Ludwig
Download or read book Graven Images written by Allan I. Ludwig and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 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.