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Journal Article

English

Schoemaker, George H.

Acculturation and Transformation of Salt Lake Temple Symbols in Mormon Tombstone Art

Markers : The Annual Journal of the Association of Gravestone Studies

1992

9

1992

196-215

This article looks at art on tombstones in Utah in terms of its social and cultural context. The author looks at the Masonic influences on Mormon architecture (moonstones, starstones, etc.) He looks extensively at the SLC temple architecture.

Material culture, symbols
Salt Lake Temple
Architecture, temples
Symbolism
Material culture, cemeteries and gravestones

Exterior Symbolism of the Salt Lake Temple : Reflecting the Faith That Called the Place into Being