Exploring the Art in Salem's Oldest Cemetery

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Hi everyone! Today I'm exploring the art in Salem's oldest cemetery, the Burying Point - which also happens to be the 2nd oldest graveyard in America. What do these motifs really mean? Turns out there's a very interesting history behind the art of Salem's tombstones, which illustrate how religion and ancient cultures collided in colonial New England. I'll explore how and why this occurred today.
Show More Hi everyone! Today I'm exploring the art in Salem's oldest cemetery, the Burying Point - which also happens to be the 2nd oldest graveyard in America. What do these motifs really mean? Turns out there's a very interesting history behind the art of Salem's tombstones, which illustrate how religion and ancient cultures collided in colonial New England. I'll explore how and why this occurred today.

Location:
The Old Burying Point/Charter Street Cemetery (Free)
Charter St.
Salem, MA
It's by Paprika Grill and the Salem Witch Village

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SOURCES
Journal of American Antiquity: "Death's Heads, Cherubs, and Willow Trees: Experimental Archaeology in Colonial Cemetaries"
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2694382

Journal of Natural History: "Death's Head, Cherub, Urn and Willow"
http://www.histarch.illinois.edu/plymouth/deathshead.html

"The Most Poignant Epitaph Ever (Nathaniel Mather)" - StreetsofSalem.com
https://streetsofsalem.com/2016/01/27/the-most-poignant-epitaph-ever/

"The Great Awakening" - Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/colonial-america/colonial-north-america/a/great-awakening

IMAGE SOURCES
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Salem_witch_trials#/media/File:Martha_Corey-Longfellow.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:1780s_paintings_in_the_United_States#/media/File:'Romantic_Landscape'_by_John_Trumbull,_Dayton_Art_Institute.JPG

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:1780s_paintings_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Paul_Sandby_-_The_Westgate,_Canterbury_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:1720s_paintings_in_the_United_States#/media/File:No%C3%ABl-Nicolas_Coypel_Europe.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:18th-century_paintings_in_the_Yale_Center_for_British_Art#/media/File:Francis_Towne_-_On_the_Lake_of_Como_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Oil_paintings_of_the_Salem_Witch_Trials#/media/File:The_Trial_of_the_Salem_Witches,_by_George_Fuller.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Engravings_of_the_Salem_Witch_Trials#/media/File:TheWitch-no1.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Persephone#/media/File:Dante_Gabriel_Rossetti_-_Proserpine_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Paintings_of_forests#/media/File:Carl_Blechen_-_Waldweg_bei_Spandau_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Greek_underworld#/media/File:Adolf_Hiremy-Hirschl,_Die_Seelen_des_Acheron.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Paintings_of_trees#/media/File:Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Mann_und_Frau_in_Betrachtung_des_Mondes_(ca._1824).jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_Spain#/media/File:Juan_de_Miranda_Carreno_002.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Claude_Monet_Weeping_Willow.jpg

MUSIC
Jack Cates - spent https://youtu.be/LnAQue1OcR0
⚛️ Jack Cates
https://soundcloud.com/jackisbroken

Scott Buckley - A Dragon's Lullaby
https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/a-dragons-lullabye/

xoxo,

minsooky
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