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    The Art Behind Grave Markers – The Art Museum

    https://theartmuseum.co/the-art-behind-grave-markers/ What do the different designs that are carved onto grave markers are and the people who created them. Thousands of different non-spiritual and symbolic symbols of the spiritual have been placed in grave markers across the centuries, representing attitudes toward death and afterlife. A lot of grave markers are not created by machines-operated gravestone corporations. Instead, they were created by artisans on their own. This clip shows Daniel Rossi, a Carrara-based sculptor who worked eight days a week, six days a weeks for thirteen years, before making the move in America. He started making grave markers using stone decorated by Jesus Christ. It’s a labor-intensive craft that requires a…