Comments on: it's frighteningly boooooootiful

it's frighteningly boooooootiful

jonson — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 22:21:09 -0800

Gallery of funeral art. On this halloween weekend, a brief collection of photographs of tombstone carvings & other cemetary decorations.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 23:48:26 -0800

My favourite.

By: Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 02:00:46 -0800

This has got to be mine.

By: jonson

jonson — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 08:06:50 -0800

And my own favorite.

By: Miko

Miko — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 08:22:40 -0800

For the folkloristically inclined, you might like to know that the study of Gravestone Iconography is a subfield of both folklore and art history. The idea is that by studying the monuments and symbology of a people, we can gain clues about their understanding of death and the afterlife, and thus learn a bit about the philosophies that influenced their daily lives.

By: biscotti

biscotti — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 08:24:25 -0800

Some of these are just haunting. Some of the work is gorgeously creepy. Great link, thanks.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:25:07 -0800

Thanks for this, jonson.