Styles: Pet Memorials - Cremation Jars and Works of art Respect Pets
Over the past hundred years individuals worldwide hold memorials for their dearly departed loved ones and they also conduct pet memorials for their deceased pets and this is done to show honor and respect. Cremation started close to 3000 B.C. in the Near East, later across northern Europe, moving to the British Isles and what is currently Spain and Portugal at about the time of the Bronze Age — 2500 to 1000 B.C. During the Roman Empire around 27 B.C. to 395 A.D. cremation was extensively practiced, and it became custom for cremated remains to be placed in intricate embellished urns. By 400 A.D., Constantine’s Christianization of the kingdom lead to earth burials completely replacing cremation. For the next 1,500 years, this type of disposition has remained the standard all throughout Europe.
For example, an archaeological group found a historical pet cemetery with the remains of 1000 dogs dating back to the period of Persian rule in Palestine from 539 to 332 BC.
Modern cremation and pet memorials began a little over a century ago in the United States. Hartsdale Pet Cemetery and Crematory is the earliest and most exclusive pet memorial and burial area. Established in 1896, close to the end of the War there were more than 2,000 burial plots in this Westchester County, New York cemetery. Here, favorite pets are buried in pet caskets, and pet urns, with custom grave markers and pet memorials at graveside. Currently more than 70,000 pets are laid to rest there.
Moreover, the Le Cimetiere des Chiens D’Asnieres-Sur-Seine in France put up a big sculpture with the carving of a Saint Bernard that is carrying a child. A dog called Barry lost his life while attempting to save the 41st person in the Alps; he already saved 40.
In the last few decades, there’s been a dramatic increase in cremation compared to ground burials, which has elevated the need to find a final resting place for a pet’s remains. Pet masters have different preferences some would prefer to scatter their pet’s ashes while others opt to keeping the ashes by placing it inside a cremation urn.
Today, a new worldwide trend has surfaced known as tribute paintings, whereby individuals are commissioning an artist to create a tribute of their loved ones - both people and pets - using the
with the use of the cremated ashes. These remains, and or a few strands of the hair are brushed into an abstract expression of a cherished one’s life. Abstract art has been described as art that picks up where religious art left off, and it often renders the same feelings refined to the substance of color and form.
Testimonials verify the fact that tribute paintings as pet memorials aid people through the healing process after their loved one has passed on.
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