Author: Howard Evarts WeedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Modern Park Cemeteries
Author: Howard Evarts WeedPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Last Landscapes
Author: Ken WorpolePublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861895399
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Last Landscapes is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. It traces the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, ranging from the picturesque tradition of the village churchyard to tightly packed "cities of the dead", such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague and Père Lachaise in Paris. Other landscapes that feature in this book include the war cemeteries of northern France, Viking burial islands in central Sweden, Etruscan tombs and early Christian catacombs in Italy, the 17th-century Portuguese–Jewish cemetery "Beth Haim" at Ouderkerk in the Netherlands, Forest Lawns in California, Derek Jarman’s garden in Kent and the Stockholm Woodland Cemetery. It is a fact that architecture "began with the tomb", yet, as Ken Worpole shows us in Last Landscapes, many historic cemeteries have been demolished or abandoned in recent times (notably the case with Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Europe), and there has been an increasing loss of inscription and memorialization in the modern urban cemetery. Too often cemeteries today are both poorly designed and physically and culturally marginalized. Worse, cremation denies a full architectural response to the mystery and solemnity of death. The author explores how modes of disposal – burial, cremation, inhumation in mausoleums and wall tombs – vary across Europe and North America, according to religious and other cultural influences. And Last Landscapes raises profound questions as to how, in an age of mass cremation, architects and landscape designers might create meaningful structures and settings in the absence of a body, since for most of history the human body itself has provided the fundamental structural scale. This evocative book also contemplates other forms of memorialization within modern societies, from sculptures to parks, most notably the extraordinary Duisberg Park, set in a former giant steelworks in Germany’s Ruhr Valley.
Modern Cemetery
Author: The Archaeology of American Cemeteries and Gravemarkers
Author: Sherene BaugherPublisher:
ISBN: 9780813049717
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traces the evolution of commemorative practices from the 17th century to the present, including those of overlooked populations (African Americans, native Americans, and immigrant groups), to examine Americans' changing attitudes toward death and dying and the transformation from a preindustrial and agricultural country to an industrialized and capitalist one.
Grave Matters
Author: Mark HarrisPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416564047
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Examines the embalming process and the impact the standard funeral has on the environment while also discussing alternative eco-friendly burials.
Modern Cemeteries
Author: Association of American Cemetery SuperintendentsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
Modern Park Cemeteries (Classic Reprint)
Author: Howard Evarts WeedPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781332346127
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Excerpt from Modern Park Cemeteries It is hoped that this book may aid in the dissemination Of knowledge Of the modern ideas as expressed by its title. Modern methods have been brought about by the annual meetings Of the lead ing cemetery Officials in the organization Of the Association Of American Cemetery Superintendents. The published proceed ings Of this association and the pages Of the monthly journal, Park and Ceme tery, have been freely used in the prep aration of this work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Memorial Art, Ancient and Modern
Author: Harry Augustus BlissPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
On cemetery burial, or Sepulture, ancient and modern
Author: George Milner (of Hull.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 50
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