A Celebration of Death : An Introduction to Some of the Buildings, Monuments, and Settings of Funerary Architecture in the Western European Tradition

Curl, James Stevens

ISBN 10: 0713473363 / ISBN 13: 9780713473360

Published by B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1993, London, 1993

About this Item

Presentation from the author with inscription to first blank. xxiv, 408 pp. Publisher's deluxe binding. Full dark green morocco with gilt borders to boards and gilt decoration & lettering to spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Numerous black & white illustrations. Very clean copy. 0713473363 4to.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Celebration of Death : An Introduction to Some of the Buildings, Monuments, and Settings of Funerary Architecture in the Western European Tradition
• Publisher: B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1993, London
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713473363
• ISBN 13: 9780713473360
• Binding: Full Morocco
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture
  • Philosophy and Religion

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Synopsis

This book describes and illustrates funerary architecture, monuments, memorials, and mausolea, together with the landscapes of cemeteries, from classical antiquity to the 20th century. The subjects of funerary architecture, of commemorative structures, and of cemeteries have been neglected by writers until fairly recently. This book describes funerary traditions, derived from early civilizations, from the Graeco-Roman world, and from Judaeo-Christian practice. In one broad sweep the author covers a wide range of chronology and geographical area, including the highly elaborate cemeteries created from the 18th century onwards.