Why did Victorian-era gravestones include so many images of clasped hands?
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Victorian gravestones
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Andrew Sanderson explains the thinking behind his Gothic image taken in a graveyard and talks about some of the things that have influenced his work
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![2006-04-23 Dr. med. Franz Leuffen by [ henning ], via Flickr Cemetery Statues, Grave Stones, Cemetery Headstones, Old Cemeteries, Cemetery Art, Ancient Origins, Magnum Opus, Grave Markers, Ancient Tree](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F474x%2F8f%2Fef%2Fde%2F8fefde790b4d9984f55282dfbfe37a10.jpg&q=12&output=webp&max-age=110)
Detail of a grave at the Melaten Cemetery Cologne. This one is highly remarkable because of it's rich symbolism. I found it in Google: Dr. med Franz Leuffen is the author of a book concerning post-mortem examinations, written in the 1860s. Dr. Leuffen died in 1900. Links: 1) Google Maps 2) Wikipedia (german)
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Posts about Baroque Architecture written by Dr. Boli
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22 gravestones Texture Maps available on Turbo Squid, the world's leading provider of digital 3D models for visualization, films, television, and games.
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A collection of skeletal carvings from the 17th and 18th century at LUNA Commons. Update: Well they were there but the database seems to have been rearranged and these photos removed. Previously on…
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To convey the lives of the people buried beneath them, and the expectations for what comes after death, symbolism has long been part of tombstones. Below is...
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