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Santa Costanza in Rome and San Michele Arcangelo in Perugia

I was astounded to find a Perusine church cite one of my favorites in Rome.

Posted bygsb03632February 13, 2020January 6, 2022Posted inarchitectureTags: central plan, composite capital, Corinthian capital, Perugia, Rome, San Michele Arcangelo, Santa Costanza, Santo Stefano RotondoLeave a comment on Santa Costanza in Rome and San Michele Arcangelo in Perugia

American Funerary Portraits in Glass and Stone

Among the Romans, it was very common, in some periods more than others, to have a portrait of yourself as a part of, or on the premises of, your tomb. It was an assertion of selfhood and existence and social significance before death; or it allowed a commemorator to assert these things for the dead. …

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Posted bygsb03632July 12, 2019April 6, 2020Posted inAmerican funerary portraits, cemeteriesTags: busts, funerary sculpture, gilded age, James Buchanan, Laurel Hill, mausoleum, Mt. Hebron Cemetery, nouveau riche, Philadelphia, portraits, Roman funerary practices, Roman portraits, Rome, sculpture, stained glass, tombs, Victorian age, West Laurel Hill, Winchester VA2 Comments on American Funerary Portraits in Glass and Stone

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