Cremation Jars and Paintings Honoring Pets Are The Latest Trend

Over the past century people worldwide hold memorials for their deceased loved ones and they also hold 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 throughout northern Europe, going to the British Isles and what is now Spain and Portugal around the time of the Bronze Age -- 2500 to 1000 B.C. Throughout the Roman Empire close to 27 B.C. to 395 A.D. cremation is now employed all over the kingdom and the use of elaborately adorned jars to hold the ashes became a custom. By 400 A.D., Constantine's Christianization of the kingdom lead to earth burials entirely replacing cremation. For the next 1,500 years, this kind of disposition has remained the standard all throughout Europe.

An illustration is the uncovering of an old pet cemetery along with the graves of 1000 dogs that can be traced back to the Persian rule in Palestine around 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 oldest and most prestigious pet memorial and burial area. In 1896 when the battle was closing, the Westchester County, New York cemetery was established and now holds more than 2000 burial plots. In this place pets are placed to rest in coffins and jars made especially for them along with custom gravestones and a funeral service at the graveside. At present more than 70,000 pets are laid to rest there.

The Le Cimetière des Chiens D'Asnières-Sur-Seine in France has put up a giant sculpture of a Saint Bernard and a youngster. A dog named Barry lost his life while trying to save the 41st individual in the Alps; he already saved 40.

In the last few decades, there's been a dramatic rise in cremation compared to ground burials, which has elevated the need to find a final resting place for a dog or cat's remains. Some people choose to scatter their pet's ashes, but the majority choose to place them in a permanent cremation urn which can be kept at home.

At present a new trend has surfaced and this trend is branded as tribute paintings where painters are hired in order to paint a portrait of their beloved pets and loved ones with the use of the cremated remains.

The ashes along with a number of hair strands are then integrated into the craft. Abstract art has been defined 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.

A lot of testimonials seem to confirm that these tribute paintings for pet memorials help speed up the healing process after the loss of a beloved pet.