Soul in the Stone: Cemetary Art from America's Heartland

by John Gary Brown

John Gary Brown's richly evocative photographs remind us that cemeteries-shadowy markers of death and grief-also shine forth with life and art. By turns starkly sobering, nostalgic, provocative, and quirkily humorous, his photos capture the human spirit preserved in all of its amazing diversity. Celebrating master stone sculptors as well as grassroots and ethnic folk artists, Brown's striking images document the rich traditions of cemetery art as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700606343
• ISBN13: 9780700606344
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.8" x 11.3"