For examples, concerned with funerary sculpture only are: The Silent Rhetoric of the Body A History of Monumental Sculpture and Commemorative Art in England, 1720–1770, by Matthew Craske, Yale UP, ISBN0-300-13541-6, ISBN978-0-300-13541-1[1], and several of the titles covered on the bibliography page of the website of the Church Monuments Society. For contemporary sculpture, see The New York Times of August 30, 1981, "Arts role in government architecture is explore" by Helen Harrison. All accessed April 29, 2009
getty.edu
The Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online definition only refers to "Very large, comparable to a typical monument in massiveness", but the notes below on the many reference works consulted give a range of different emphases on size and function.
nytimes.com
For examples, concerned with funerary sculpture only are: The Silent Rhetoric of the Body A History of Monumental Sculpture and Commemorative Art in England, 1720–1770, by Matthew Craske, Yale UP, ISBN0-300-13541-6, ISBN978-0-300-13541-1[1], and several of the titles covered on the bibliography page of the website of the Church Monuments Society. For contemporary sculpture, see The New York Times of August 30, 1981, "Arts role in government architecture is explore" by Helen Harrison. All accessed April 29, 2009
For examples, concerned with funerary sculpture only are: The Silent Rhetoric of the Body A History of Monumental Sculpture and Commemorative Art in England, 1720–1770, by Matthew Craske, Yale UP, ISBN0-300-13541-6, ISBN978-0-300-13541-1[1], and several of the titles covered on the bibliography page of the website of the Church Monuments Society. For contemporary sculpture, see The New York Times of August 30, 1981, "Arts role in government architecture is explore" by Helen Harrison. All accessed April 29, 2009
