Carved in Stone : The Artistry of Early New England Gravestones 9780819573025, 9780819573018

Gravestones are colonial America's earliest sculpture and they provide a unique physical link to the European peopl

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English Pages 137 Year 2012

Carved in Stone : The Artistry of Early New England Gravestones
9780819573025, 9780819573018

The study of marks left by humans on stone outcrops is an interdisciplinary endeavour that entails geology, history of t

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More than 125 gorgeous photographs showcase the beauty of award-winning stonemason Lew French's work in eight diffe

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The memories of Manny Drukier are indelibly inscribed on his mind, and in Carved in Stone he recounts them with honesty

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Chumpi Stones are carved stones that are created by the indigenous people of the Peruvian Andes. They have been used for

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The Circular Archetype in Microcosm is the culmination of seven years research into the Carved Stone Balls of Late Neoli

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Based on site visits and meticulous documentary research, Meetinghouses of Early New England identifies more than 2,200

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Katherine Grandjean shows that the English conquest of New England was not just a matter of consuming territory, of tran

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In this book, Robert Hariman demonstrates how matters of style—of diction, manners, sensibility, decor, and charisma—inf

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A collection of essays from one of the most renowned bibliographical scholars of our time. A collection of essays from

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Governing the Tongue explains why the spoken word assumed such importance in the culture of early New England. In a work

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