Tag: Puritan Funerary Art

Category: Art Style


Puritan Funerary Art refers to the gravestones, memorials, and carvings created by early New England artist, characterized by symbolic motifs such as winged skulls, cherubs, and death's heads, reflecting religious beliefs about mortality, the afterlife, and moral instruction. These works were prominent from the 17th through early 18th centuries and provide important insights into early colonial culture and theology. - AsNotedIn


Works

CompositionKindCreatorAsNotedIn
CompositionKindCreatorAsNotedIn
Gravestone of Peter and Mary Pierce Tufts
Headstone to Deane Winthrop
Jonathan Pierpont Headstone
Peter and Mercy Tufts Tombstone, Salem Street Burying Ground



People

Last Name Name AsNotedIn
Lamson: Joseph Lamson

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