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Death Personified correct answers The concept of death as a sentient entity.
Grim Reaper correct answers An example of death personified. "Angel/Devil of Death", cape,
sythe and no face. Referenced in pop culture.
"Because I Could Not Stop For Death" correct answers Writing by Emily Dicksinson,
displays relationship between death and immortality.
Ethical issues regarding death correct answers medical resurrection, bargaining with death
Dying a good death correct answers dying in your sleep, being happy to die because you get
to see a loved one
Death takes a Holiday correct answers death wants to understand why everyone is afraid of it;
why are the sensations of life people don't want to leave behind
Evolution of cemetery landscapes correct answers cemeteries have a place in society and
provide a social commentary on society and the deceased (ex: elaborate tombstone = wealthy
person)
Generic American Mortuary Practice (Cemeteries) correct answers Lawn Cemeteries
European Church Graveyards correct answers Graveyards filled to the point of pestilence and
contaminated cities; by food markets
Who established a "real cemetery"? What was it called correct answers Napoleon established
Père Llachaise (in Paris)
Père Lachaise correct answers The "first" cemetery. Established the idea that dead needed to
put in the outskirts of the city. But then it was considered to far and there was an organized
transfer of the remains.
Mt. Auburn Cemetery correct answers Located in Boston, great change in American
mortuary practices. Had a romantic mortuary landscape and a picturesque view. The first
rural cemetery. Established the idea of cemetery as a recreation & provided a different take
on death.
What cemetery changed American mortuary practice the most? correct answers Mt. Auburn
Cemetery, located in Boston
Architecture of Status correct answers Map of Cemetery, city like layout, maps of cemetery,
displaying different famous people amongst normal people.
What do Peruvian cemeteries display? correct answers social history and hierarchy
, Presbitero Maestro Cemetery correct answers Late colonial hierarchy of Peruvian society.
Cemetery was built right before they declared independence and was designed around the
status hierarchy of the people. Imported Italian statues, very fancy
Niches correct answers Small walls of boxes that the poor people were buried in at Lima.
Decorated differently for different cultures and social status. Families stayed together.
Panteón de los Próceres correct answers mausoleums for those lost in the War of the Paciifc
Indigenismo Movement correct answers Social movement that argued for better treatment of
native people of the country. Countering Peru's racism = marble head of woman with braids
and dangling earrings shows that women of indigenous ancestry were not ashamed
After life of presbitero maestro correct answers became a museum of art and history, not
outside lima anymore
Why did presbitero maestro decline in popularity? correct answers It became surrounded by a
lower class neighborhood and wealthy Peruvians no longer felt save visiting their dead.
Jardines de la Paz correct answers Lima's new elite cemetery. Built in an upperclass
neighborhood. Growing grass in the desert. Egyptian pyramid shaped chapel (eternal rest).
Uses a lot of water.
Skogskyrkogärden correct answers Cemetery in Stockholm, Sweden. "Woodland cemetery",
ashes dispersed in the forest, burials so those can be comfortable in nature. Recognized as
World Heritage site by UNESCO. Also an educational site.
Liuzhangli Cemetery correct answers Taipei, Taiwan. City grew around the cemetery. Has
buddhist temples and ghost money
Columbaria "Spirit Bone Towers" correct answers apartment building of cremation urns in
display cases
Islam in Taiwan correct answers Cemetery has a muslim sector, Chinese and arabic scriptures
next to each other.
White Terror correct answers Japanese occupation of Taiwan & suppression of political
dissidents. Victims buried in small sector of Linzhangli, with tiny stone markers and rubble.
Chiang Kai-Shek correct answers Dictator, former president of the republic of china, hero for
americans. Involved with massacres and oppression.
The Qingming Festival correct answers Tomb sweeping festival, Chinese custom. People
visit the deceased and clean the graves
Online Cemeteries correct answers iTomb, MyCemetery, Evertomb; never really last because
the sites get taken down
General ideas about war cemeteries correct answers all graves are identical regardless of
rank; cemeteries as places of solace and remembrance + patriotism and justification