Author: William Henry WhitmorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Old Copp's Hill and Burial Ground
Author: Edward MacDonaldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Old Copp's Hill and Burial Ground. With Historical Sketches
Author: E. MacDonaldPublisher: BoD â Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385412188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
The Graveyards of Boston
Author: William Henry WhitmorePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Epitaphs from Copp's Hill Burial Ground, Boston
Author: Thomas BridgmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
OLD COPP'S HILL AND BURIAL GROUND; WITH HISTORICAL SKETCHES
Author: E. MacDonaldOld Copp's Hill and Burial Ground. With Historical Sketches
Author: E. MacDonaldPublisher: BoD â Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385412196
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Grave Landscapes
Author: James R. CothranPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1611177995
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Growing urban populations prompted major changes in graveyard location, design, and use During the Industrial Revolution people flocked to American cities. Overcrowding in these areas led to packed urban graveyards that were not only unsightly, but were also a source of public health fears. The solution was a revolutionary new type of American burial ground located in the countryside just beyond the city. This rural cemetery movement, which featured beautifully landscaped grounds and sculptural monuments, is documented by James R. Cothran and Erica Danylchak in Grave Landscapes: The Nineteenth-Century Rural Cemetery Movement. The movement began in Boston, where a group of reformers that included members of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society were grappling with the city's mounting burial crisis. Inspired by the naturalistic garden style and melancholy-infused commemorative landscapes that had emerged in Europe, the group established a burial ground outside of Boston on an expansive tract of undulating, wooded land and added meandering roadways, picturesque ponds, ornamental trees and shrubs, and consoling memorials. They named it Mount Auburn and officially dedicated it as a rural cemetery. This groundbreaking endeavor set a powerful precedent that prompted the creation of similarly landscaped rural cemeteries outside of growing cities first in the Northeast, then in the Midwest and South, and later in the West. These burial landscapes became a cultural phenomenon attracting not only mourners seeking solace, but also urbanites seeking relief from the frenetic confines of the city. Rural cemeteries predated America's public parks, and their popularity as picturesque retreats helped propel America's public parks movement. This beautifully illustrated volume features more than 150 historic photographs, stereographs, postcards, engravings, maps, and contemporary images that illuminate the inspiration for rural cemeteries, their physical evolution, and the nature of the landscapes they inspired. Extended profiles of twenty-four rural cemeteries reveal the cursive design features of this distinctive landscape type prior to the American Civil War and its evolution afterward. Grave Landscapes details rural cemetery design characteristics to facilitate their identification and preservation and places rural cemeteries into the broader context of American landscape design to encourage appreciation of their broader influence on the design of public spaces.
Old Copp's Hill and Burial Ground
Author: Edward MacDonaldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Boston (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die
Author: Loren RhoadsPublisher: Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN: 0316473790
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
A hauntingly beautiful travel guide to the world's most visited cemeteries, told through spectacular photography andtheir unique histories and residents. More than 3.5 million tourists flock to Paris's Pè Lachaise cemetery each year.They are lured there, and to many cemeteries around the world, by a combination of natural beauty, ornate tombstones and crypts, notable residents, vivid history, and even wildlife. Many also visit Mount Koya cemetery in Japan, where 10,000 lanterns illuminate the forest setting, or graveside in Oaxaca, Mexico to witness Day of the Dead fiestas. Savannah's Bonaventure Cemetery has gorgeous night tours of the Southern Gothic tombstones under moss-covered trees that is one of the most popular draws of the city. 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die features these unforgettable cemeteries, along with 196 more, seen in more than 300 photographs. In this bucket list of travel musts, author Loren Rhoads, who hosts the popular Cemetery Travel blog, details the history and features that make each destination unique. Throughout will be profiles of famous people buried there, striking memorials by noted artists, and unusual elements, such as the hand carved wood grave markers in the Merry Cemetery in Romania.
Old Copp's Hill and Burial Ground. With Historical Sketches
Author: Edward MacDonaldPublisher: BoD â Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385413877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.