Tombstone - a stone slab or sculpture above the tomb.Set it to honor the memory of the deceased.In different religions and cultures vary tombstones: they differ in form, content, style and type of performance.Let's talk about what can be shaped monument at the grave.
Classic types of tombstones
Tombstones can be made in the form of a simple vertical plates with rounded or pointed apex.Such forms of grave monuments in the characteristic of the Christian religion.
In the West, very common horizontal tombstones that lie flat on the ground.They are chosen because of the relatively low cost.
monument at the grave in the form of an obelisk rarer.Obelisk - a tall conical monument, standing on a square base and usually tapers upwards.Obelisks are monuments of culture or crown mass graves, but they are placed in cemeteries often.The fact that these tombstones are a lot of money.
described form to the grave monuments are found in the Christian culture.They are characteristic for Jews and Muslims.In the cemeteries of the West can be seen as special tombstones on the graves of the military, a variety of sculptures, memorial benches and even a small chapel.
dwell in detail on the unusual and surprisingly beautiful tombstones.
monumental sculptures - monuments, endowed with soul
Sculpture on the graves set ever since the Renaissance.Sometimes they have a portrait resemblance to the deceased and reflect posture or expression of his character, and sometimes represent a very grief embodied in the image of an angel, or a woman in deep mourning.Here are the known types of funeral ritual monuments on the graves of the dead, carried out in the form of statues.
- Angels.They are usually portrayed in a submissive, full of tribulation position.
- Cherubs - babies with wings.Most of these statues set on the graves of the children.
- children.Sometimes the graves of the children of the sculptures depict the deceased child, mourning his untimely departure from life.
- Women mourners.Their presence at the cemetery expresses the sorrow of losing a loved one.
- Draped pillars or stelae.By themselves, columns and pillars - symbols of noble life.Drapery also means mourning, sorrow and humility.
One of the most famous memorial sculpture - an angel of sorrow.It was created by sculptor William Whitmore US in 1894, it is now at the tomb of the artist and his wife.In the image of an angel of sorrow created and other gravestones.
memorial benches
Such forms of monuments on the grave we are rare.To a greater extent they are characteristic of the West.Place them in public places or near the graves of deceased relatives.
most famous memorial benches - the memory of American writer John Walter Lord Younger, rock 'n' roll singer Ian Dury, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics Cecil Frank Powell.
monuments that amaze
On what sites are more traditional forms, we have already talked.We now turn to the most unusual and surprising tombstones.
- monument in Roermond, the Netherlands.Husband and wife belonged to different religious faiths and to be together after death, unfortunately, were not able to.
- monument at the grave of Fernand Arbelota.He was an actor and a musician, and after death ever wanted to contemplate the face of his beautiful wife.
- Tombstone depicting Jesus who like swinging on a swing little girl.This monument symbolizes the fact that we are all in God's hands.
- headstone, next to which was dug cellar.This is the grave of a little girl who was very afraid during the life of a thunderstorm.In rainy weather, when lightning and shone in the sky, the mother went down to the basement to be with her daughter and comfort her.
- tombstones enclosed behind a steel grate.At a time when the study of anatomy on human corpses was forbidden, medical students had to produce body eksgumiruya them.Relatives of wealthy people, of course, would not prevent such interference in the place of burial of their deceased loved ones.
Whatever the form of tombstones, traditional or unusual, surprising, it is unlikely to be the most important tribute to the deceased.The main thing is - in our hearts.This blessed memory and love, and hope to meet in a better world.
