Gilson, William (text) & Thomas Gilson (photogs.). Carved in Stone: The Artistry of Early New England Gravestones. Wesleyan Univ. 2012.136p. illus. bibliog.ISBN 9780819573018. $30; ebk. ISBN 9780819573025

摘要

In a culture that shunned image making as idolatry, the emergence of gravestone art in 17th-century Puritan communities marked a shift, one in which the spiritual world could be conveyed with dignity and grace as well as represent the deceased's deeply held religious faith.