tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post3425509841520006245..comments2024-03-17T16:32:51.970-04:00Comments on Vast Public Indifference: Mourning Under the WillowsCDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14390048358391513711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-15966556912625704982008-08-11T02:41:00.000-04:002008-08-11T02:41:00.000-04:00> skipping the post-1800 stones when I visit a ...> skipping the post-1800 stones when I visit a graveyard and making a bee-line for anything made of slate instead<BR/><BR/>I do exactly the same thing. :-)Robert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-25600560657572847302008-08-10T16:41:00.000-04:002008-08-10T16:41:00.000-04:00I've been looking, but I haven't found any images ...I've been looking, but I haven't found any images of obelisks on gravestones before the 1790s. The 1818 stone in this post is the earliest example I can find in my pictures.<BR/><BR/>I hadn't heard of the Napoleon connection before, but it seems to make sense. I'll keep a lookout for more evidence. I have a bad habit of skipping the post-1800 stones when I visit a graveyard and making a bee-line for anything made of slate instead.Caitlin GD Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317897772288904474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-74662267727006350522008-08-06T15:22:00.000-04:002008-08-06T15:22:00.000-04:00I've always heard that the obelisk as a specific f...I've always heard that the obelisk as a specific funereal image came into Europe (and America) via accounts of <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/athens/styx/3776/Nap.html" REL="nofollow">Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign</A> (1798-1801), which initiated the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_Revival_architecture" REL="nofollow">Egyptian Revival</A> style in art, a style that is common in cemeteries in particular. The Bunker Hill Monument and the later Washington Monument are two notable non-cemetery examples.<BR/><BR/>It would be very interesting to analyze a list of obelisks (as opposed to urns) appearing on/as gravestones before the 1790s, if any exist.Robert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.com