funerary monuments

Examples of funerary monuments in the following topics:

• Buddhist Stupas

  • A stupa is a traditional Buddhist monument that houses holy relics associated with the Buddha.
  • Stupas exist all over the world and are the oldest Buddhist religious monuments.
  • Originally a simple mound of clay or mud, stupas evolved from simple funerary monuments to become elaborately decorated objects of veneration.

• Tombs of the Middle Kingdom

  • Royal funerary practices in the Middle Kingdom remained much the same as in the Old Kingdom, with kings continuing to build pyramids for their burials.
  • Among the tombs built during this time are Amenemhat I's funerary monument at El-Lisht; Sesostris I's funerary monument; Amenemhat III's pyramid at Hawara, which includes an elaborate labyrinth complex; and Sesostris II's pyramid at Illahun.
  • Shabtis were funerary figurines placed in tombs of the deceased to help them in the afterlife.
  • Another change in funerary practice during this time had to do with non-royal Egyptians.
  • Shabti were funerary figurines that were placed in tombs along with the deceased to assist them in the afterlife.

• Ancient Egyptian Culture

  • The block statue became more popular over the years, with its high point in the Late Period, and was often used as funerary monuments of important, non-royal individuals.

• Funerary Art

  • Funerary art is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead.
  • Funerary art is any work of art forming, or placed in, a repository for the remains of the dead.
  • This led to the most distinctive feature of Christian funerary art: the church monument, or tomb inside a church.
  • These were often found in funerary art, as were motifs like the Dance of Death and works like the Ars moriendi, or "Art of Dying" .
  • "The Mirror of Death": Detail from a French Renaissance monument of 1547.

• The Sicán

  • Most importantly, the late Early Sicán period saw a major organizational and religious shift, by which the Sicán constructed monumental adobe structures, developed large-scale copper alloy smelting and metalworking, and developed the elaborate funerary tradition that would come to characterize the Middle Sicán.
  • Funerary practices at Huaca Loro reflected the social differentiation and hierarchy present in Sicán society.
  • The most obvious difference in burial type based on social hierarchy was that commoners were buried in simple, shallow graves on the peripheries of the monumental mounds while the elite were buried in deep shaft tombs beneath monumental mounds.
  • The Sicán culture was characterized by the establishment of religious cities with monumental temples.
  • The pyramidal monumental mounds were used as both burials sites for the elite and places of worship and ritual.

• Pottery in the Greek Geometric Period

  • Ceramicists began using the fast wheel to create vessels, which allowed for new monumental heights.
  • In the Geometric period, monumental sized kraters and amphorae up to six feet tall were used as grave markers for the burials just outside the gate.
  • The Dipylon Master, an unknown painter whose hand is recognized on many different vessels, displays the great expertise required when decorating these funerary markers.
  • These scenes relate to the funerary aspect of the pot and may depict mourners, a prothesis (a ritual of laying the body out and mourning), or even funerary games and processions.
  • On the register below, chariots and soldiers form a funerary procession.

• Neolithic Monuments

  • Neolithic art in Western Europe is best represented by its megalithic (large stone) monuments.
  • Although human remains have been found at the site, archaeologists remain uncertain as to whether the site served funerary purposes, ritual purposes, or both.
  • Constructed over several hundred years in the third millennium BCE, the monument comprises a large henge with a large outer stone circle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the center of the monument.
  • The Avebury monument was a part of a larger prehistoric landscape containing several older monuments nearby.
  • It was not designed as a single monument.

• Hatshepsut

  • She was known for constructing monuments to glorify her own achievements, and her buildings are argued to have been grander and more numerous than those of any of her Middle Kingdom predecessors'.
  • Following the tradition of most pharaohs, Hatshepsut had monuments constructed at the Temple of Karnak.
  • Funerary goods belonging to Hatshepsut include a lioness "throne", a game board with carved lioness head, red-jasper game pieces bearing her title as pharaoh, a signet ring, and a partial shabti figurine bearing her name.
  • Or perhaps, saving money by not building new monuments for the burial of Thutmose III and instead, using the grand structures built by Hatshepsut.

• The Pyramids of the Old Kingdom

  • A period of political stability and economic prosperity, it is characterized by revolutionary advancements in royal funerary architecture.
  • The interior walls of the tombs were decorated with scenes of daily life and funerary rituals.
  • We still do not know exactly how the huge and impressive stone monuments were built.
  • Many mummies were provided with some form of funerary literature, often consisting of spells and instructions for navigating the afterlife.

• Architecture during the Six Dynasties Period

  • The best surviving example of a monumental statuary from the Liang Dynasty is perhaps the ensemble of the Tomb of Xiao Xiu (475–518 CE), a brother of Emperor Wu, located in Qixia District east of Nanjing.
  • Although mostly only ruins of brick and rammed earth walls and towers from the Six Dynasties have survived, information on ancient Chinese architecture (especially wooden architecture) can be discerned from more or less realistic clay models of buildings created by the ancient Chinese as funerary items.