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870: 468: 1887: 1529: 1959: 64: 33: 2540: 2147: 2258: 1439: 631: 2405: 2738: 1234:, Shandong are the most important group of commoner tombs for funerary stones. The walls of both the offering and burial chambers of tombs of commoners from the Han period may be decorated with stone slabs carved or engraved in very low relief with crowded and varied scenes, which are now the main indication of the style of the lost palace frescoes of the period. A cheaper option was to use large clay tiles which were carved or impressed before firing. After the introduction of Buddhism, carved "funerary couches" featured similar scenes, now mostly religious. During the Han dynasty, 2273: 1089: 164:, for example, though exceptionally lavish, was never intended to be seen again after it was deposited, while the exterior of the pyramids was a permanent and highly effective demonstration of the power of their creators. A similar division can be seen in grand East Asian tombs. In other cultures, nearly all the art connected with the burial, except for limited grave goods, was intended for later viewing by the public or at least those admitted by the custodians. In these cultures, traditions such as the sculpted 1502: 1157: 943: 1622: 2502: 928:. The underworld figures are sometimes depicted as gesturing impatiently for a human to be taken away. The handshake was another common motif, as the dead took leave of the living. This often took place in front of or near a closed double doorway, presumably the portal to the underworld. Evidence in some art, however, suggests that the "handshake took place at the other end of the journey, and represents the dead being greeted in the Underworld". 1344: 1005:, was later converted into a fortress. Compared to the Etruscans, though, there was less emphasis on provision of a lifestyle for the deceased, although paintings of useful objects or pleasant activities, like hunting, are seen. Ancestor portraits, usually in the form of wax masks, were kept in the home, apparently often in little cupboards, although grand patrician families kept theirs on display in the 1271: 2487:, an association certainly made when the tradition was mature, although the difficulty of reconstructing gardens from archaeology makes the early stages of this process hard to trace. At any rate, gardens surrounding tombs became established in Islamic tradition in many parts of the world, and existing pleasure gardens were sometimes appropriated for this purpose. Versions of the formal Persian 2521: 52: 348: 2254:, a sheet of brass on which the image of the person or persons commemorated was engraved, often with inscriptions and an architectural surround. They could be on the floor or wall inside a church. These provide valuable evidence as to changes in costume, especially for women. Many bishops and even some German rulers were commemorated with brasses. 622:, miniature wooden or clay models depicting scenes from everyday life became popular additions to tombs. In an attempt to duplicate the activities of the living in the afterlife, these models show laborers, houses, boats and even military formations which are scale representations of the ideal ancient Egyptian afterlife. 985:, or small mausoleum for the rich, housing either an urn or sarcophagus, were often placed in a location such as a roadside, where it would be very visible to the living and perpetuate the memory of the dead. Often a couple are shown, signifying a longing for reunion in the afterlife rather than a double burial (see 4211:
See for example Michalski, xi. Here Michalski refers to this rejection of religious imagery within Calvinism as "iconophobia". See also GĂ€bler, 72, 76–77 and Potter, 130–31 regarding the religious disputations in ZĂŒrich (1523) concerning (among other things) the removal of statues of saints and other
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inlays in semi-precious stone, painting, and decorative carving. No animals would be represented, but geometric patterns and written inscriptions were common. The sarcophagus might be in a small inner chamber, dimly visible through a grille of metal or stone, or might stand in the main room. Money
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began to develop c. 1640, providing insights into their views of death. The lack of artistry of the earliest known headstones reflects the puritan's stern religious doctrine. Late seventeenth century examples often show a death's head; a stylized skull sometimes with wings or crossed bones, and other
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show traditions maintained until the end of imperial rule. The tomb itself is an "underground palace" beneath a sealed tumulus surrounded by a wall, with several buildings set at some distance away down avenues for the observation of rites of veneration, and the accommodation of both permanent staff
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have also been used, burial has always been the preferred Christian tradition, at least until recent times. Burial was, for as long as there was room, usually in a graveyard adjacent to the church, with a gravestone or horizontal slab, or for the wealthy or important clergy, inside it. Wall tombs in
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also date back to the fifth millennium BCE. The commemorative value of such burial sites are indicated by the fact that, at some stage, they became elevated, and that the constructs, almost from the earliest, sought to be monumental. This effect was often achieved by encapsulating a single corpse in
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The main subject in the funerary art of the 7th and 6th centuries BCE was typically a feasting scene, sometimes with dancers and musicians, or athletic competitions. Household bowls, cups, and pitchers are sometimes found in the graves, along with food such as eggs, pomegranates, honey, grapes
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in Vienna (2000). These are in notable contrast to the style of most war memorials to the military of World War II; earlier modernist memorials to the dead of World War I were sometimes removed after a time as inappropriate. Some war memorials, especially in countries like Germany, have had a
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Islamic funerary art is dominated by architecture. Grave goods are discouraged to the point that their absence is frequently one recognition criterion of Muslim burials. Royalty and important religious figures were typically buried in plain stone sarcophagi, perhaps with a religious inscription.
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formed the majority of large-scale artworks added to Protestant churches, especially in sculpture. The English upper classes ceased to commission altarpieces and other religious art for churches, but their tomb monuments continued to grow in size to fill the empty wall spaces; similar trends were
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could not have developed the tomb monument in the same way as the Western Church, and the burials of rich or important individuals continued the classical tradition of sarcophagi carved in relief, with the richness of the carving tending to diminish over the centuries, until just simple religious
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era. Although thousands of these tombs have been found, only about 100 have murals. These tombs are often named for the dominating theme of the murals—these include the Tomb of the Dancers, the Tomb of the Hunters, the Tomb of the Four Spirits, and the Tomb of the Wrestlers. Heavenly bodies are a
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The Jaina Island graves are noted for their abundance of clay figurines. Human remains within the roughly 1,000 excavated graves on the island (out of 20,000 total) were found to be accompanied by glassware, slateware, or pottery, as well as one or more ceramic figurines, usually resting on the
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and "the honor and respect due to seniors, the duties incumbent on juniors" The common Chinese funerary symbol of a woman in the door may represent a "basic male fantasy of an elysian afterlife with no restrictions: in all the doorways of the houses stand available women looking for newcomers to
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No other American potters ever explored so completely the plastic conditions of wet clay or retained its forms so completely after firing ... used its wet and ductile nature for fundamental geometric modelling and cut the material, when half-dry, into smooth planes with sharp edges of an
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In Italy, sarcophagi were mostly intended to be set against the wall of the tomb, and only decorated on three sides, in contrast to the free-standing styles of Greece and the Eastern Empire. The relief scenes of Hellenistic art became even more densely crowded in later Roman sarcophagi, as for
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there was considerable competition among wealthy Romans for the best locations for tombs, which lined all the approach roads to the city up to the walls, and a variety of exotic and unusual designs sought to catch the attention of the passer-by and so perpetuate the memory of the deceased and
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churchyards and church walls had completely run out of room for new monuments, and cemeteries on the outskirts of cities, towns or villages became the usual place for burials. The rich developed the classical styles of the ancient world for small family tombs, while the rest continued to use
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is a special and very common type of temple whose main purpose is as a venue for rites of ancestor worship, though it is often not the actual burial site. This was originally a custom of the feudal lords, but was adopted by other classes from about the 16th century. Each family would use a
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that life continued after death and that "death is a mere phase of life". Aesthetic objects and images connected with this belief were partially intended to preserve material goods, wealth and status for the journey between this life and the next, and to "commemorate the life of the tomb
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were regarded by scholars as fanciful myths, but a number of examples were excavated in the 20th century, and it is now believed that they were relatively common among early rulers. Knowledge of pre-dynastic Chinese culture has been expanded by spectacular discoveries at
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display. It can also function as a reminder of the mortality of humankind, as an expression of cultural values and roles, and help to propitiate the spirits of the dead, maintaining their benevolence and preventing their unwelcome intrusion into the lives of the living.
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Since then, Japanese tombs have been typically marked by elegant but simple rectangular vertical gravestones with inscriptions. Funerals are one of the areas in Japanese life where Buddhist customs are followed even by those who followed other traditions, such as
1253:(618–907) are often rich in glazed pottery figurines of horses, servants and other subjects, whose forceful and free style is greatly admired today. The tomb art reached its peak in the Song and Jin periods; most spectacular tombs were built by rich commoners. 2239:, as being all that would be required at the Second Coming. For centuries, most except royalty followed this custom, which at least kept clothing, which was very expensive for rich and poor alike, available for the use of the living. The use of a rich cloth 1330:
figures (see below). There is usually one or more T-shaped shrine buildings some distance in front of the tomb, which is set in extensive grounds, usually with a hill behind them, and facing a view towards water and distant hills. They are still a focus for
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or burial", but there is a long tradition in English of applying it not only to the practices and artefacts directly associated with funeral rites, but also to a wider range of more permanent memorials to the dead. Particularly influential in this regard was
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constructs. Funerary art may serve many cultural functions. It can play a role in burial rites, serve as an article for use by the dead in the afterlife, and celebrate the life and accomplishments of the dead, whether as part of kinship-centred practices of
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emerging, initially from Roman popular decorative art, but later borrowing from official imperial and pagan motifs. Initially, Christians avoided iconic images of religious figures, and sarcophagi were decorated with ornaments, Christian symbols like the
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and a lion hunt; such violent scenes were common on ostentatious classical sarcophagi from this period onwards, with a particular revival in Roman art of the 2nd century. More peaceful mythological scenes were popular on smaller sarcophagi, especially of
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occupant's chest or held in their hands. The function of these figurines is not known: due to gender and age mismatches, they are unlikely to be portraits of the grave occupants, although the later figurines are known to be representations of goddesses.
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glazes or overglaze paint, show a wide range of servants, entertainers, animals and fierce tomb guardians between about 12 and 120 cm high, and were arranged around the tomb, often in niches along the sloping access path to the underground chamber.
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Early Greek burials were frequently marked above ground by a large piece of pottery, and remains were also buried in urns. Pottery continued to be used extensively inside tombs and graves throughout the classical period. The great majority of surviving
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forbidding nobles from creating statues of themselves, or may have protected the deceased's spirit from harm or magically eliminated any evil in it, or perhaps functioned as alternate containers for the spirit if the body should be harmed in any way.
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or under the church floor, with a monument on the wall. Persons of importance, especially monarchs, might be buried in a free-standing sarcophagus, perhaps surrounded by an elaborate enclosure using metalwork and sculpture; grandest of all were the
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of Oaxaca is particularly known for its clay funerary urns, such as the "bat god" shown at right. Numerous types of urns have been identified. While some show deities and other supernatural beings, others seem to be portraits. Art historian
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funerary vessels. The outsides of tombs often featured monumental brick or stone-carved pillar-gates (que 闕); an example from 121 CE appears to be the earliest surviving Chinese architectural structure standing above ground. Tombs of the
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are also often full of monuments, which may include large and artistically significant ones for local landowners and notables. Often a prominent family would add a special chapel for their use, including their tombs; in Catholic countries,
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gravestones or what were now usually false sarcophagi, placed over a buried coffin. The cemeteries of the large Italian cities are generally accepted to have outdone those of other nations in terms of extravagant statuary, especially the
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Coe, 45 ("The only domestic animals were dogs—the principal source of meat for much of Preclassic Mesoamerica—and turkeys—understandably rare because that familiar bird consumes very large quantities of corn and is thus expensive to
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tended to be more disapproving of figure sculpture. Many portraits were painted after death, and sometimes dead family members were included along with the living; a variety of indications might be used to suggest the distinction.
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and olives for use in the afterlife. From the 5th century, the mood changed to more sombre scenes of parting, where the deceased are shown leaving their loved ones, often surrounded by underworld demons, and psychopomps, such as
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are other objects which have been placed within the tomb. Such objects may include the personal possessions of the deceased, objects specially created for the burial, or miniature versions of things believed to be needed in an
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typically stand on the grounds of mosque complexes, often built by the deceased. The sarcophagi (often purely symbolic, as the body is below the floor) may be draped in a rich pall, and surmounted by a real cloth or stone
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Buddhist tombs themselves are typically simple and modest, although they may be set within temples, sometimes large complexes, built for the purpose in the then-prevailing style. According to tradition, the remains of the
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in Iraq, only dates from 862, and was commissioned by the Byzantine princess whose son was buried there. At some point, the tradition incorporated the idea of a garden setting, perhaps following the Islamic concept of
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who had originally been buried discreetly or in a mass grave perhaps led to the most distinctive feature of Christian funerary art, the church monument, or tomb inside a church. The beliefs of many cultures, including
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However, funerary architecture often offered a means of "moving beyond the strictures of formal Muslim burial rites" and expressing social dimensions such as status, piety, love for the deceased, and Muslim identity.
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in stone or sometimes wood, or paintings, depicting religious scenes, portraits of the deceased, and at some periods vivid images of everyday life, depicting the afterlife. The chamber decoration usually centred on a
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figures, as much as a metre high, were deposited on top of aristocratic tombs as grave markers, with others left inside, apparently representing possessions such as horses and houses for use in the afterlife. Both
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There is an enormous diversity of funeral art from traditional societies across the world, much of it in perishable materials, and some is mentioned elsewhere in the article. In traditional African societies,
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Several critics detect a crisis in public memorial style from 1945, when the traditional figurative symbolic language, and evocation of nationalist values, came to seem inadequate, especially in relation to
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Early burial customs show a strong belief in an afterlife and a spirit path to it that needed facilitating. Funerals and memorials were also an opportunity to reaffirm such important cultural values as
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In later periods, life-size sculptures of the deceased reclining as though at a meal or social gathering are found, a common Etruscan style. Family tombs for the grandest late Roman families, like the
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and helmet leaning on his spear in front of a funerary stele; the snake symbolizes the soul of the dead. Marble, Roman, 1st century BCE, imitating the Greek classical style of the 5th century BCE. From
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In all this tradition, the contemporary architectural style for mosques was adapted for a building with a smaller main room, and usually no courtyard. Decoration was often tilework, and could include
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Benton throughout, especially Chapter 1 on Soviet War Memorials (pp. 12–13 on Socialist Realism), but also noting deviations in the Warsaw Pact satellites, as on p. 194, and Chapter 7 on West Germany.
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Funerary art varied greatly across Chinese history. Tombs of early rulers rival the ancient Egyptians for complexity and value of grave goods, and have been similarly pillaged over the centuries by
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a basic pit, surrounded by an elaborate ditch and drain. Over-ground commemoration is thought to be tied to the concept of collective memory, and these early tombs were likely intended as a form of
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is recovered from tombs; some was apparently items used in life, but much of it was made specifically for placing in tombs, and the balance between the two original purposes is controversial. The
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were, in the Middle Ages, temporary products, made as substitutes for the encoffined corpse for use during the funeral ceremonies". Others, however, have found this distinction "rather pedantic".
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to cover the coffin during the funeral grew during the Middle Ages; initially these were brightly coloured and patterned, only later black. They were usually then given to the Church to use for
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The so-called shaft tomb tradition of western Mexico is known almost exclusively from grave goods, which include hollow ceramic figures, obsidian and shell jewelry, pottery, and other items (see
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tomb monument continued likely to include a portrait of the deceased, and was more likely to include personified figures of Death, Time, Virtues or other figures than angels. The late medieval
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Coe et al., 103–04, or Mason, 182. In Richardson, 48–49 ("The dog, among the Maya, was considered to be connected with death, and to be the messenger to prepare the way to the hereafter.")
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buried their dead with bowls on top of their heads and ceremonially "killed" each bowl with a small hole in the centre so that the deceased's spirit could rise to another world. Mimbres
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The church struggled to eliminate the pagan habits of leaving grave goods except for the clothing and usual jewellery of the powerful, especially rings. Kings might be buried with a
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Holocaust monuments and national memory cultures in France and Germany since 1989: the origins and political function of the VĂ©l' d'Hiv' in Paris and the Holocaust Monument in Berlin
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over generations, and it might contain a second "grave" if the actual burial were elsewhere. Many later emperors, from the 13th to 19th centuries, are buried simply at the Imperial
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owner ... depict performance of the burial rites, and in general present an environment that would be conducive to the tomb owner's rebirth." In this context are the Egyptian
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An important factor in the development of traditions of funerary art is the division between what was intended to be visible to visitors or the public after completion of the
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type of tomb had a sealed underground burial chamber but an offering-chamber on the ground level for visits by the living, a pattern repeated in later types of tomb. A
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developed as a monument enclosing deposits of relics of the Buddha from plain hemispherical mounds in the 3rd century BCE to elaborate structures such as those at
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were probably made for burial only; large numbers were buried in elite tombs, while other sets remained above ground for the family to use in making offerings in
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often have a specific association with death, and some types may be worn mainly or exclusively for funeral ceremonies. Akan peoples of West Africa commissioned
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common motif, as are depictions of events from the lives of the royalty and nobles whose bodies had been entombed. The former include the sun, represented as a
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of buildings were often made to accompany the deceased in the graves; to them is owed much of what is known of ancient Chinese architecture. Later, during the
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used the local technique of mud-building to erect a 17-metre-high (56 ft) pyramidal tomb set in a mosque complex. At the other end of the Islamic world,
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From the early 13th century to the 16th, a popular form of monument north of the Alps, especially for the smaller landowner and merchant classes, was the
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burials, where bones are buried in a pottery container, either in a more elaborate tomb, or by themselves, are widespread, by no means restricted to the
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bath. However, it was also placed in the tombs of the unmarried, "presumably to make up in some way for what they had missed in life." The one-handled
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monogram and, later, narrative religious scenes. The Early Christians' habit, after the end of their persecution, of building churches (most famously
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Height: 9.5 in (23 cm). "The Bat God was one of the important deities of the Maya, many elements of whose religion were shared also by the
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A Celebration of Death: an introduction to some of the buildings, monuments, and settings of funerary architecture in the Western European tradition
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Funerary art tends to be conservative in style, and many grave markers in various cultures follow rather traditional patterns, while others reflect
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or other recent styles. Public monuments representing collective memorials to particular groups of dead people continue to be erected, especially
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canopied tombs—they are outside the church in a special enclosure, and so are unrestricted in height. Important churches like St Peter's in Rome,
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and avoid mixing temples and cemeteries (though see above for Moche, and below for Islamic culture). An exception in the Classical World were the
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Taylor, R. E. "The Shaft Tombs of Western Mexico: Problems in the Interpretation of Religious Function in Nonhistoric Archaeological Contexts."
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The earliest colonist graves were either unmarked, or had very simple timber headstone, with little order to their plotting, reflecting their
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tomb vocabulary of images of bodily decay, such as skulls and skeletons, was sometimes re-introduced, but in a less confrontational manner.
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A number of distinct architectural traditions arose for expressing these social elements. The Islamic tradition was slow in starting; the
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became more popular. Mid 18th century examples often show the deceased carried by the wings that would apparently take its soul to heaven.
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contain large numbers of impressive monuments to the great and the good, created by the finest architects and sculptors available. Local
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were influenced by both of the first significant cultures whose territories they conquered as their state expanded, namely the Greeks of
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of important people, usually in a church, the funerary version of the elaborate temporary decorations for other court festivities, like
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for a reconstruction). Of particular note are the various ceramic tableaux including village scenes, for example, players engaged in a
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in Macedon. Almost the only surviving painted portraits in the classical Greek tradition are found in Egypt rather than Greece. The
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Robins, 51–55, 66–71, 218–19, and see index for other periods. Tomb styles changed considerably over the course of Egyptian history.
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Oxenham, Marc F.; Tom Knight and Michael Westaway. "Identification of Australian Aboriginal Mortuary Remains". in Marc Oxenham.
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Toynbee, 47–48, on Ancient Rome. Stewart and Rawski's book is entirely devoted to Chinese ancestor portraits. See Chapter 1 etc.
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which was displayed on the house of the deceased for a mourning period, before usually being moved to hang in the church. Like
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societies, a great variety of tombs are found, with tumulus mounds, megaliths, and pottery as recurrent elements. In Eurasia, a
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Dethlefsen, Edwin; Deetz, James. "Death's Heads, Cherubs, and Willow Trees: Experimental Archaeology in Colonial Cemeteries".
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Jeehee Hong, "Virtual Theater of the Dead: Actor Figurines and Their Stage in Houma Tomb No.1," Artibus Asiae Vol. 71–1, 2011
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culture, which has little, is a notable exception. Many of the best-known artistic creations of past cultures – from the
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realistic imagery depicting humans decay into skulls, bones and dust. The style softened during the late 18th century as
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Carrier, throughout, especially Chapter 8. See also the copious literature on the Washington Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
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is labeled "the ultimate achievement of architectural development in Cairo" and its tomb chamber described as "immense."
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is a grand mosque complex, as large as any medieval example, not least because it includes a 20,000 place parking lot.
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Hunting scene from the North wall of the main chamber of the Muyongchong Tomb (Tomb of the Dancers), (5th century CE),
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for very large sarcophagi, starting a tradition which was to exert a great influence on Western art up to 18th-century
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Ruggles, 112 and 122. Her Chapter 10 includes a detailed description of the Taj with special reference to its gardens.
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at the corners and a gatehouse. The Taj Mahal is atypically placed at the end of the garden, backing onto the river
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British Sculpture and the Company Raj: Church Monuments and Public Statuary in Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay to 1858
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for the conservation of the thousands of objects found, that subsequently the policy is to leave them undisturbed.
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sphere, resulting in new formats for art in Greek styles. A generation before Alexander, Mausolus was a Hellenized
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originally covered by earth to make a mound which no longer exists. Stones may be carved with geometric patterns (
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Ancient Egypt: An Illustrated Reference to the Myths, Religions, Pyramids and Temples of the Land of the Pharaohs
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Goldin, Paul R. "The Motif of the Woman in the Doorway and Related Imagery in Traditional Chinese Funerary Art."
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intended for visiting was the grandest type of tomb in the classical world, and later common in Islamic culture.
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Middle Palaeolithic burial is not a dead issue: the view from Qafzeh, Saint-CĂ©saire, Kebara, Amud, and Dederiyeh
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memorials erected in the West from the 1990s onwards seems finally to have found a resolution for these issues.
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is a memorial temple for a saint. Both may be influenced by Islamic practices. The mausoleums of the kings of
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covered important burials in many cultures, and the body may be placed in a sarcophagus, usually of stone, or a
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had many household uses, but outside the household, its principal use was the decoration of tombs. Scenes of a
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in Hong Kong displays a far humbler middle-class Han dynasty tomb, and the mid-2nd-century Wu Family tombs of
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and other sites. Very large tumuli could be erected, and later, mausoleums. Several special large shapes of
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welcome into their chambers" Han dynasty inscriptions often describe the filial mourning for their subjects.
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on monuments, usually surrounded by an architectural frame. The walls of tomb chambers were often painted in
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imagery of death in the forms of skulls or skeletons, or even decomposing corpses overrun with worms in the
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to reach the effigy. The walls of important tomb-chambers and offering chambers were heavily decorated with
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Cockerham, Paul (2008). "Reformation, reaction, reception: a 21st-century view of monumental destruction".
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himself set the example of requesting burial in an unmarked grave in one of the chambers of his house" in
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tomb, became common in northern Europe, and may be found in some funerary art, as well as motifs like the
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was in fact made for another Hellenized Eastern ruler, one of a number of important sarcophagi found at
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churches strictly include the body itself, often in a sarcophagus, while often the body is buried in a
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holding the ashes of the deceased. Two well-known examples of Mesoamerican grave goods are those from
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Levey 1975, 29–33 on Bursa, 83–84 on Istanbul; all the leading Ottoman tombs are covered in the book.
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rituals. From the 15th century, they became more simple, while retaining a large landscape setting.
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Ludwig, Allen I. (2000). "Graven Images: New England Stone Carving and its Symbols, 1650–1815". CT:
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Other parts of the Islamic world reflected local techniques and traditions. The 15th-century royal
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were made. Those who could afford them erected stone monuments, which was one of the functions of
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During the Iron Age, the ancient Greeks did not generally leave elaborate grave goods, except for a
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evolved from the Indian form. However, none of these can strictly be called tombs. Some important
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Although the purpose of megalithic structures is not always clear, and of the very oldest, while
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The Reformation and the Visual Arts: The Protestant Image Question in Western and Eastern Europe
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was still considered appropriate, at least by the authorities. The generation of abstracted and
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In several cultures, goods for use in the afterlife are still interred or cremated, for example
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were greatly influenced by Egyptian funerary customs, employing mummification, canopic jars and
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windows, mostly on normal religious subjects but with a commemorative panel, are often found.
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show scenes of hunting, gambling, planting crops, fishing, sexual acts and births. Some of the
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or library. Large domes, elaborately decorated inside, are common. The tomb-mosque of Sultan
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Monuments kept up with contemporary stylistic developments during the 19th century, embracing
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A funerary urn in the shape of a "bat god" or a jaguar, from Oaxaca, dated to CE 300–650.
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The deposit of objects with an apparent aesthetic intention is found in almost all cultures –
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often practiced mummification and left grave goods in precious metals with jewels, including
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figurines (to perform any labor that might be required of the dead person in the afterlife),
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Metamorphosis of a death symbol: the transi tomb in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance
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figures appear to have been discontinued as Buddhism became the dominant Japanese religion.
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has only small decorative ones. Other Islamic Indian rulers built similar tombs, such as
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cave tombs and other sites contain paintings, carved stelae, and grave goods in pottery,
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The Tombs of the Byzantine Emperors at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople
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cemetery, and intended to be the centre of a huge complex, continues these traditions.
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in the mausoleum, and they were normally open for visitors to pay their respects. The
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and those visiting to perform rites, as well as gateways, towers and other buildings.
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complex already marked the site. The earliest identified Muslim monumental tomb, in
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and beyond. Ruling dynasties were often buried together, usually in monasteries; the
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If only because its strong prejudice against free-standing and life-size sculpture,
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is not well understood; they may have been a discreet method of eliding an edict by
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Mosse, 103–06 on conservatism, and generally throughout Chapter 5 on war memorials.
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applied to coffins. However, it is still hotly debated whether there was realistic
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before about 500 BCE. These were not intended as portraits, but during the
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See for example the chapter "Tombs for the Living and the Dead", Insoll 176–87.
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Most of humanity's oldest known archaeological constructions are tombs. Mostly
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ritual knives and gold funerary masks, as well as pottery. The Mimbres of the
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was primarily associated with weddings, as it was used to carry water for the
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Related genres of commemorative art for the dead take many forms, such as the
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is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the
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Many large mausoleums have been constructed for political leaders, including
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and many other monasteries. However, most chortens do not function as tombs.
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An interesting contrast with the Taj Mahal, given they were both built by
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gravestones (usually in stylised form). Two of the most famous are in the
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retains mural paintings. Lower down the social scale in the same period,
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graves, containing especially fine pottery, were incorporated into large
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inside a wheel, and the various constellations, including especially the
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is particularly enthusiastic about the craftsmanship of this tradition:
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of Japanese history, from the 3rd to 6th centuries CE, is named after
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connected to the offering chamber by vents that allowed the smell of
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memorial heads of royal personages. The funeral ceremonies of the
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human skeletal remains packed in body bags and incorporated into
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Lower-class citizens used common forms of funerary art—including
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royalty are mostly buried in royal graveyards such as those at
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of the 5th century CE, and the many tombs of the 7th-century
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increase the prestige of their family. Examples include the
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The original Roman custom was 543:found in burial shafts or tombs of nobles of the 255:, of which the most famous examples are those in 5298:Forensic Approaches to Death, Disaster and Abuse 2725:(died 1496) is a famous example, one of many in 2020:took several centuries to reach its final form. 1550:unmatched brilliance and suggestiveness of form. 1462:, with a few notable exceptions such as that of 429:which is named after them, or even to Eurasia. 5527:Image and Spirit: Finding Meaning in Visual Art 5442:Richardson, E. P. "Zapotec Pottery Sculpture". 5425:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. 4640:American, African, and Old European mythologies 4364: 4362: 4044:It was allowed in times of plague however. See 1709:have been used in south-eastern Australia. The 5562:Thorp, Robert L. and Vinograd, Richard Ellis. 5014:Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection 4890:. 20th ed. Oxford: Architectural Press, 1996. 2552:Another influence may have been the octagonal 1733:when alive, but with special characteristics. 5712: 5388:, British Archaeology, Issue 66, August 2002. 4929:. Silver City NM: High Lonesome Books, 1998. 2223:original leather binding, was recovered from 1217:Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties 475:Egyptian funerary art was inseparable to the 8: 5088:. London: Cambridge University Press, 1996. 4977:A History of Ideas and Images in Italian Art 4860:. American University in Cairo Press, 2005. 4667:. State University of New York Press, 2007. 4528:. American University in Cairo Press, 2005. 4484:website, 6 January 2014, accessed 4 May 2015 3735:Chase and Chase, Chapter 3, especially p. 34 2616:; a central placing is usual. They may have 2150:"The Mirror of Death": Detail from a French 2000:of saints, which became the destinations of 890:Objects connected with death, in particular 6147:Self-Portrait with Death Playing the Fiddle 4612:Cambridge University Press; 2nd ed., 1992. 3872:Masks in West African Traditional Societies 2855:presidential memorials in the United States 2158:In the late Middle Ages, influenced by the 1113:. For a long time, literary references to 6154:Skull of a Skeleton with Burning Cigarette 5902: 5719: 5705: 5697: 5520:Through Ancient Eyes: Egyptian Portraiture 5476:, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008, 5009:Social Patterns in Pre-Classic Mesoamerica 3306:Boardman, 126–27. Apart from those at the 2745:to the 65,000 Austrian Jews killed in the 1505:Funerary Mask, c. 300 BCE, painted ceramic 571:were built for royalty and the elite. The 453:are a later African form of tomb markers. 243:are mostly found in coastal Europe, while 5608:. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000. 5598:Preservation of the Koguryo Kingdom Tombs 5532:Stuart, Jan and Rawski, Evelyn Sakakida. 5362:The Freedman in Roman art and art history 4886:Fletcher, Banister and Cruickshank, Dan. 4794:Etruscan Myth, Sacred History, And Legend 4398: 4396: 3655:Preservation of the Koguryo Kingdom Tombs 3633:Preservation of the Koguryo Kingdom Tombs 2657:The tradition evolved differently in the 1286:are examples of Korean painting from its 5529:. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Books, 2003. 5407:Piponnier, Françoise and Mane, Perrine. 4941:Journal of the American Oriental Society 4757:, University of California Press, 1973, 3948:Halloween and Commemorations of the Dead 3387: 3385: 3383: 2044:of 1453. Some massive but mostly plain 1081:"Chinese tomb" redirects here. See also 642:National Archaeological Museum of Athens 593:funerary figurines. They also built the 555:Architectural works such as the massive 503:of the deceased might be walled up in a 5453:, Volume 23, No. 2, Part 1, 1928. 54–57 5451:The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 5314:. "The Art and Architecture of Japan", 5177:. "Zapotec Funerary Urns from Mexico", 5071:Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide 5059:. University of Michigan Press, 2005. 4706:, University of Oklahoma Press, 2003, 4665:The Politics of Mourning in Early China 4586:The Memorial Tomb for Maximilian I 4442:See Fletcher and Cruickshank, 596. The 2895: 2783:Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe 1982:, and the Catholic Church only relaxed 1962:Medieval and Renaissance wall tombs in 1219:has been excavated, in 1956, with such 5349:. Ewha Womans University Press, 2008. 5100:Encyclopedic dictionary of Archaeology 5029:Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 4964:, University of Delaware Press, 1995. 4904:. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1986. 4642:, University of Chicago Press, 1993, 3950:. New York: Infobase. pp. 41–42. 2810:, at least on the Western side of the 2319:were a special lozenge-shaped painted 1801:were entirely divided up into relics ( 1454:Unlike many Western cultures, that of 559:and two smaller ones built during the 6237:Do not go gentle into that good night 5439:, Volume 14, no. 3, Winter, 1979/1980 5365:, Cambridge University Press, 2006, 5347:Astronomy: Traditional Korean Science 5265:. Oxford University Press US, 1991. 4739:Mexico, from the Olmecs to the Aztecs 4700:Chase, Diane Z. and Chase, Arlen F., 4284:Berresford, 13, and 58 on exhibitions 4097:Though they are exceeded in scale by 3999:in Indonesia, and Borodudur (196–204) 3886:"Viewfinder: Aboriginal burial poles" 2006:Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1466:or the now-lost sarcophagus from the 1450:, Mexico, 300 BCE to CE 600 409:is the exposed stone framework for a 7: 4993:, Cambridge University Press, 1991. 4544:University of Chicago Press, 2000, 4524:Atiya, Farid and El-Shahawy, Abeer. 4275:Berresford, throughout, and Prefaces 3586:Sickman and Soper, 376 (illustrated) 3007:. 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Regional variants such as the 1705:trunks, while elaborately carved 1320:Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty 6216:And death shall have no dominion 6161:Sleep and His Half-Brother Death 5622:, Volume 2, No. 4, 1886. 385–407 5559:, Volume 35, No. 2, 1970. 160–69 5460:Harvard University Press, 2000. 5282:Oakes, Lorna and Gahlin, Lucia. 4771:, Volume 89, No. 4, 1985. 627–40 4154:Bloxham, Jim and Rose, Krisine; 4046:Cremation in the Christian World 4017:Syndicus, Chapter 1; Hall, 77–82 2650:, still under construction in a 2538: 2519: 2500: 2383:Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno 1974:Christians believed in a bodily 1635:tradition of visual funerary art 1494:, and those associated with the 1357:period (3rd to 6th centuries CE) 575:was later an important site for 539:. The purpose of the life-sized 312:, apparently a type of sculpted 275:is a memorial without a burial. 6263:Burial monuments and structures 6189:The Three Ages of Man and Death 6112:Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May 5038:, Volume 94, No. 1, 1990. 73–93 5036:American Journal of Archaeology 4851:The Journal of Hellenic Studies 4778:. In Hall, John Franklin (ed.) 4769:American Journal of Archaeology 4697:. Merriam-Webster, 1999, 191–92 4538:Bagliani, Agostino Paravicini. 4257:Hall, 347–49; Berresford, 36–38 3853:Dethlefsen; Deetz (1966) p. 508 3705:Paine and Soper, 289. See also 3445:Toynbee, 31 (illustration) 1840:are buried in relatively small 1297:Four directional constellations 987:married couple funerary reliefs 906:, which once competed with the 882:(late 6th century BCE), at the 490:Ancient Egyptian funerary texts 5473:Islamic gardens and landscapes 5446:, Volume 4, No. 3, 1932. 48–49 5335:. London: Harry Abrams, 1964. 4946:Groenewegen-Frankfort, H. A. 3696:Paine and Soper, 24–26, 280–82 2949:Gardner's Art Through the Ages 2391:Cimitero Monumentale di Milano 2266:Cadaver Tomb of RenĂ© of Chalon 2116:Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice 2106:are magnificent free-standing 2036:up to 1028 were buried in the 1964:Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice 1909:period, mainly in the form of 1901:contain most of the surviving 634:Relief from a carved funerary 1: 5928:Capuchin catacombs of palermo 5150:. Thames & Hudson, 1975. 4979:. London: John Murray, 1983. 4858:Funerary Art of Ancient Egypt 4574:, Frances Lincoln Ltd, 2004, 4235:is a well-known example. The 4212:icons. Participants included 3508:See for example Merriman, 297 3481:Boardman, 339–44; Hall, 78–80 3427:Toynbee, Chapter IV; Hall, 53 2911:Hammond, 58–59 characterizes 2800:internationally controversial 2787:Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial 2743:Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial 2133:bequests would pay for masses 1140:The discovery in 1974 of the 1083:Han dynasty tomb architecture 657: 375: 5359:Petersen, Lauren Hackworth. 4625:The origins of human society 4109:, neither containing a tomb. 3075:in Turkey contains burials, 2050:Istanbul Archaeology Museums 1930:) over the burial places of 1892:Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus 1228:Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum 1195:Empress Dowager Wenming tomb 1063:Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus 728:style, attached to mummies. 537:portraiture in Ancient Egypt 471:Egyptian ceramic coffin mask 184:world, have flourished. The 6000:The Masque of the Red Death 5237:. London: Routledge, 1993. 5223:. London: Routledge, 2004. 5164:. Penguin Books Ltd. 1991. 4741:. 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S. 4725:Atlas of Ancient America 4683:, Berghahn Books, 2006, 4554:Benton, Charlotte (ed). 4482:South China Morning Post 3559:Sickman and Soper, 77–84 3332:Boardman, 172–73, 339–44 3185:Atiya and El Shawahy, 73 3118:, accessed 28 April 2010 2369:, revived the classical 2336:English church monuments 2330:For some time after the 1976:resurrection of the dead 1917:. They show a Christian 1458:is generally lacking in 1236:miniature ceramic models 1144:located the tomb of the 1093:Tang dynasty tomb figure 884:National Etruscan Museum 840:. The late 4th-century 579:and mastaba tombs. The 370:have been dated through 247:are found widely across 133:surrounding the tomb of 6033:Der Tod und das MĂ€dchen 5870:Post-mortem photography 5576:Toynbee, Jocelyn M. C. 5566:. Prentice Hall, 2003. 5564:Chinese Art and Culture 5507:. NMAI Editions, 2005. 5470:Ruggles, D. Fairchild. 4989:Hall, John Whitney ed. 4658:EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica 4052:still forbid cremation. 3687:Paine and Soper, 287–89 3243:Boardman, 26 and passim 2982:Oxford University Press 2929:as "human grave goods". 2626:Tomb of Akbar the Great 2533:, in its garden setting 1986:in 1963. Although mass 1980:Second Coming of Christ 1625:Death's head, Boston MA 1420:Tsuki no wa no misasagi 1059:Portonaccio sarcophagus 1045:, and the Mausoleum of 908:culture of ancient Rome 648:conducts the deceased, 457:Ancient Egypt and Nubia 180:empires, and later the 39:with life-sized hooded 6283:Veneration of the dead 5411:; 151, Yale UP, 1997. 5316:Pelican History of Art 5286:. Hermes House, 2002. 5249:The World of Megaliths 5131:A New History of Korea 5069:Johnston, Sarah Iles. 4433:page with aerial view. 3921:"Kasubi tombs website" 3874:, Bonnefoy, pp. 133–37 3844:Accessed 25 April 2010 3529:Sickman and Soper, 155 3154:Maspero, 111–27, with 2754: 2417: 2414:PĂšre Lachaise Cemetery 2332:Protestant Reformation 2290: 2285:of Poland, erected in 2269: 2247:or other decorations. 2155: 2089:Chartreuse de Champmol 2083:period through to the 2042:fall of Constantinople 1971: 1894: 1719:their burial practices 1681:Indigenous Australians 1667: 1626: 1552: 1533: 1506: 1490:site off the coast of 1451: 1358: 1279: 1161: 1106: 1105:and its foreign driver 956: 916:to protect the grave. 887: 663: 472: 359: 156:. 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However, a 1538:Zapotec civilization 1167:, in "three-colour" 585:Twenty-fifth Dynasty 526:Representational art 463:Art of ancient Egypt 379: 4510 BCE 145:ship burial and the 127:Tutankhamun treasure 37:Tomb of Philippe Pot 6182:The Shadow of Death 6175:The Garden of Death 6119:La Calavera Catrina 6105:Death and the Miser 5635:Curl, James Stevens 5582:, JHU Press. 1996. 5550:Early Christian Art 5397:, Grafikol, 2010, 5384:2 June 2007 at the 5277:Jaina Standing Lady 5205:Wesleyan University 4721:Benson, Elizabeth P 4654:Brasses, Monumental 4101:monuments like the 4026:Syndicus, 39, 72–90 3890:The Daily Telegraph 3825:by Andrew Gulliford 2980:(Online ed.). 2798:in Tokyo, which is 2771:Holocaust memorials 2733:Contemporary period 2476:Al-Masjid an-Nabawi 2287:Notre Dame de Paris 2283:Katarzyna OpaliƄska 2178:and works like the 2112:St Paul's Cathedral 1915:sculpted sarcophagi 1854:Tashiding Monastery 1662:cliff burial site. 995:Tomb of the Scipios 802:Alexander the Great 599:Seventeenth dynasty 569:Valley of the Kings 107:ancestor veneration 6288:Visual arts genres 5995:Hamlet's soliloquy 5918:Catacombs of Paris 5743:All flesh is grass 5557:American Antiquity 5548:Syndicus, Eduard; 5518:Spanel, Donald B. 5378:When Burial Begins 5221:Public Archaeology 5179:The Museum Journal 5102:, Springer, 2000. 4809:American Antiquity 4622:Bogucki, Peter I. 4347:Ruggles, Chapter 9 4237:Arnolfini Portrait 4232:Saltonstall Family 3538:Evasdottir, 158–60 3400:Toynbee, Chapter I 3377:Johnston, 489 3194:Boardman, Edwards 2885:Mourning portraits 2794:in Berlin and the 2779:Vel d'Hiv Memorial 2777:in Jerusalem, the 2755: 2678:SĂŒleymaniye Mosque 2580:Empires, like the 2418: 2395:Certosa di Bologna 2291: 2270: 2156: 2034:Byzantine Emperors 2030:Constantine I 2014:tomb of St Dominic 2004:. 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Funerary monument
A large sculpture of six life-sized black-cloaked men, their faces obscured by their hoods, carrying a slab upon which lies the supine effigy of a knight, with hands folded together in prayer. His head rests on a pillow, and his feet on a small reclining lion.
Tomb of Philippe Pot
pleurants
Louvre

Sejong the Great

TĂŒrbe
Roxelana
SĂŒleymaniye Mosque
Istanbul
dead
cenotaphs
war memorials
megalithic
ancestor veneration
dynastic
Hindu
Egyptian pyramids
Tutankhamun treasure
Terracotta Army
Qin Shi Huang
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Sutton Hoo
Taj Mahal
funeral ceremonies
18th dynasty
Tutankhamun
sarcophagus

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