Memorials for Children of Change
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Good clean copy , dust cover is missing , no page damage , no highlighting or writing
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1 author picked Memorials for Children of Change as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
The Tashjians’ book challenged the idea that Puritans rejected visual art. Their study is important in documenting a new aesthetic, where the skull (death’s head) gives way to the winged faces of angels (cherubs), which were more gentle and sentimental in style rather than dark and threatening. Specific stonecutters discussed in this book include John Bull, William Codner, Zerrubbabel Collins, William Young, Henry Christian Geyer, Joseph Lamson and his shop, William Mumford, John Stevens and family, and Jonathan and Moses Worster. These are names well-known to anyone versed in this art form.
I was taken by the fact that new…
From James' list on New England gravestones and stonecutters.
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