Commemorating the Polish Renaissance Child

Funeral Monuments and Their European Context

• Author(s): Jeannie Labno,
• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
• Pages: 457
• ISBN_10: 0754668258
  ISBN_13: 9780754668251
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Modern / 16th Century , Art / History / Renaissance , Art / Sculpture & Installation , Social Science / Children's Studies ,

Description:... The study of funeral monuments is a growing field, but monuments erected to commemorate children have so far received little attention. This study reveals how in Poland there developed a tradition of funerary monuments designed for, and dedicated to, individual children - daughters as well as sons.