A thousand unique gravestones cluster around old Presbyterian churches in the piedmont of the two Carolinas and in central Pennsylvania. Most are the vulnerable legacy of three generations of the Bigham family; Scotch Irish stonecutters whose workshop near Charlotte created the earliest surviving art of British settlers in the region. In The True Image; Daniel Patterson documents the craftsmanship of this group and the current appearance of the stones. In two hundred of his photographs; he records these stones for future generations and compares their iconography and inscriptions with those of other early monuments in the United States; Northern Ireland; and Scotland.Combining his reading of the stones with historical records; previous scholarship; and rich oral lore; Patterson throws new light on the complex culture and experience of the Scotch Irish in America. In so doing; he explores the bright and the dark sides of how they coped with challenges such as backwoods conditions; religious upheavals; war; political conflicts; slavery; and land speculation. He shows that headstones; resting quietly in old graveyards; can reveal fresh insights into the character and history of an influential immigrant group.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. A great book to get a detailed history of the creation of Modern Art in IndiaBy Gary ComoglioI love art....and I truly love Indian Modern Art.....This book illustrates the time period where artists looked beyond colonialist influences of the pre-raphaelite era. and looked to impressionists. post impressionist. and modernist aesthetics and applied these new learned lessons to their own images that have been ingrained in the Indian culture for centuries. There are several chapters and images of artwork on some of the most influential people in the movement including Rabindranath Tagore. and Jamini Roy. I love this book because there is no other like it that I have found on Modern Indian Art.
