Posts Tagged ‘cleveland museum of art’
Tomb sculptures wordless Wednesday
Posted in Angels, Cemetery Sculpture, tagged angel, cleveland, cleveland museum of art, grave art, ohio, sculpture, statues, wordless wednesday on March 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Iranian tombstone
Posted in Graveless memorials, tagged cleveland, cleveland museum of art, grave art, ohio, qur'an, sculpture on March 12, 2013| Leave a Comment »
The tombstone of Shaikh al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn al-Hasan is in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Carved from limestone, it dates to 1110. The carvings include not only the name of the deceased and his death date, but verses from the Qur’an.
Orestes Sarcophagus
Posted in Graveless memorials, tagged cleveland, cleveland museum of art, grave art, ohio, sarcophagus, sculpture on March 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »