Last Landscapes
The Architecture of the Cemetery in the West
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2003
224 pages
978-1-86189-539-4 (ISBN)
Description
Last Landscapes traces the history of cemeteries throughout Europe and the usa, revealing the artistic and cultural allegiances behind their design, while examining the aesthetic principles of contemporary landscape architecture.
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Content
- 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
