Analyzing Gravestone Motifs: American’s Changing Attitude Towards Death Gravestone Timeline Presentation Teacher Presentation 1F.

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Analyzing Gravestone Motifs: American’s Changing Attitude Towards Death Gravestone Timeline Presentation Teacher Presentation 1F

Plain Style Motif Time Period: Attitude: “resignation” Characteristics: name, date, little or no decoration Reason: Colonists had few tools, skills or money

Death’s Head Motif Time Period: Attitude: “fear” and “religious reverence” Characteristics: human skull, wings, name, dates Reason: In New England the Puritan religion was popular and emphasized a fear of death that focused on the deceased’s chances of getting into heaven

Cherub Motif Time Period: Attitude: “confidence” Characteristics: human face, wings, name, dates Reason: Between c the Great Awakening (a religious revival) changed attitudes towards death from the grim Death’s Head to the more optimistic, angelic cherub

Urn and Willow Motif Time Period: Attitude: “mourning” Characteristics: drooping tree, urn, name, dates Reason: Sorrow for the death of a person

Monuments Time Period: Attitude: “defiance” and “wealth” Characteristics: large shapes, statues, sculptures, columns or crosses, accomplishments, names, dates Reason: To remind us, not of a person’s death, but of their past life

Garden Style Markers Time Period: Present Attitude: “denial” Characteristics: small, flat, name, dates, little or no decoration Reason: Does not draw attention to the dead ; cemeteries resemble gardens or parks, not burial grounds