Last landscapes : the architecture of the cemetery in the West / / Ken Worpole ; colour photography by Larraine Worpole
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| Autore: |
Worpole Ken
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| Titolo: |
Last landscapes : the architecture of the cemetery in the West / / Ken Worpole ; colour photography by Larraine Worpole
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| Pubblicazione: | London, : Reaktion, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (226 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 718 |
| 725.59709 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Cemeteries - Europe |
| Cemeteries - United States | |
| Sepulchral monuments - Europe | |
| Sepulchral monuments - United States | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-217) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Last Landscapes Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; 1 Living with the Dead; 2 Landscapes and Meanings; 3 Death's Compass:The Society and Ecology of the Churchyard; 4 Cities of the Dead; 5 Libraries in Stone; 6 A Walk in the Paradise Gardens; 7 The Disappearing Body: Burial, Cremation and Landscape Form in the Twentieth Century; 8 A Place at the Endof the Earth; References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Tracing the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, Last Landscapes is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Last landscapes |
| ISBN: | 1-282-26436-2 |
| 9786612264368 | |
| 1-86189-539-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910866591303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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