Chapter 1 Restorative Art and Science Flashcards
- Important for the value, meaning and significance of a family’s funeral experience.
- Viewing the deceased is valueable in helping the grieving family adjust to their loss.
- Help people understand and confront the reality of loss.
Value of Restorative Art
A controversy that has been going on since the latter half of the 20th century and still has not reached a consensus among funeral directors and embalmers.
- If a funeral director charges too much, a family may choose not to have a viewing because it is too expensive.
- Some believe whatever happens with the family’s buying decisions happens.
- Many will do the restorative treatments necessary- regardless of the time involved- for no additional compensation.
Charging for Restorative Art
- How much is your time worth?
- How much of your time do you want to donate as an act of charity?
- Most funeral directors make these decisions based on their financial advisors, their staff, and their hearts.
Deciding What to Charge
Religious beliefs required that in order to proceed to the hereafter, the body must remain intact.
- No other culture has practiced the complicated embalming procedures like this culture.
Egyptians
The art of building or creating parts pf the body which had been destroyed by accident, disease, decomposition, or discoloration, and making the body perfectly natural and lifelike.
Demi-Surgery (Derma-surgery)
In 1912, this was known as demi-surgery.
Restorative Art
Saw continued advancement in restorative art research and development.
- New and improved techniques, products, and instrumentation.
- Developed, tested, and marketed by professional testers and educators.
The 20th Century
- Researched techniques
- Developed special waxes and cosmetics
- Educated undertakers though classes
- Published articles
- Schools started teaching restorative art
- Known as the founder of restorative art
Joseph Crandall (J. Crandall, J.E. Crandall)
The care of the deceased to recreate natural form and color.
Restorative Art
Influenced by:
- The structure of bones
- Muscles
- Connective Tissues
- Skin
The Form of The Human Head
Influenced by:
- Genetics
- Aging
- Environmental Factors
- Nutrition
- Disease
- Pathological Conditions
The elements of the Form of The Human Head
The study of the structures and surface markings of the face and features.
Physiognomy
The study of humans as biological species with interest in evolution and modern human variation.
Physical Anthropology
The word we use in restorative art to refer to the ear.
Pinna
An orderly classification of plants or animals by their presumed natural relationships.
Taxonomy
- Hardwood
Deciduous
- Softwood
- Bear cones
- Have needles instead of leaves
Coniferous
Another word for shape.
Morphology
Refers to the different shapes that the face, cranium, and facial features assume.
Craniofacial Morphology
- Two of the most important influences on human form and behavior.
- Both have changed over many years.
Environment and Nutrition
Suggests that the continents were attached to one another early in the Earth’s history. The continents broke apart and moved into their current positions.
Theory of Continental Drift
- Include the descendents of Europe, which have migrated throughout:
- North America
- Australia
- New Zealand
- North America
- Middle East
- Western Asia
- May include people of the Indian subcontinent
European (White)
- Northern Asia
- Central Asia
- Eastern Asia
- Indonesia
- May include American Indians
Asiatic (Yellow)
- Distributed in modern local races of Saharan Africa and persons of African descent in the Western Hemisphere.
- The darkness of one’s skin color is not an indicator of genetic relationship to the African race, because racial distinction is based on many more classifications than skin color.
African (Black)
