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Saving Graces: The Art of Sensual Statues in Cemeteries
By Ed Snyder on December 16, 2005
On walking through just about any cemetery established after 1850, one is likely to see sensual female figures, carved, or rather released, from a variety of material – granite, marble, bronze. This is principally true in France and England, the birthplaces of “garden cemeteries.” For the uninitiated, garden cemeteries are essentially outdoor sculpture gardens, [...]
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