The Architecture of Death: The Transformation of the Cemetery in Eighteenth-Century Paris

Etlin, Richard A.

ISBN 10: 0262050277 / ISBN 13: 9780262050272

Editore: MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, 1984

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Gray cloth covered boards with black lettering on spine, illustrated dust jacket, 441 pp, profusely illustrated in bw illustrations. In the eighteenth century, Paris underwent a radical change in Western attitudes about life and death. The Architecture of Death traces this change through six pivotal decades, and analyzes the intellectual and social concerns that led to the establishment of a new kind of urban institution - the municipal cemetery.-dj Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-429) and index. VG- (foxing spots along upper edge, small tears in dj, interior clean and tight).

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• Titolo: The Architecture of Death: The Transformation of the Cemetery in Eighteenth-Century Paris
• Editore: MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass
• Data di pubblicazione: 1984
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0262050277
• ISBN 13: 9780262050272
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Architects and Firms - European
  • European Architecture

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In the eighteenth century Paris underwent a remarkable transformation in Western attitudes about life and death. The Architecture of Death traces this change through six pivotal decades, and analyzes the intellectual and social concerns that led to the establishment of a new kind of urban institution - the municipal cemetery.