Title The architecture of death : the transformation of the cemetery in eighteenth-century Paris / Richard A. Etlin

Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1984] Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1984 ©1984

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Description xiv, 441 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm Summary 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. Drawing heavily on new materials and archival sources, supported by nearly 270 plans, photographs, and drawings, the book is not only a definitive work on the design of cemeteries but is also the cultural history of an age. -- from publisher's website Analysis France Paris Cemeteries Architectural features France Paris Cemeteries Architecture Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 399-429 Subject Architecture -- France -- 19th century -- Paris. Architecture -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century. Architecture -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century. Architecture -- France -- Paris -- 18th century. Architecture -- France -- Paris -- 19th century. Architecture, Modern -- 17th century -- France -- Paris. Architecture, Modern -- 17th century -- France -- Paris. Architecture, Modern -- 18th century -- France -- Paris. Architecture, Modern -- 18th century -- France -- Paris. Cemeteries -- France -- Paris. Architecture, Modern -- 19th century -- France -- Paris. Death -- Social aspects. Funeral rites and ceremonies -- France -- History. Mourning customs -- France -- History. Sepulchral monuments -- France -- Paris. Cemeteries -- France -- Paris. SUBJECT Paris (France) -- Buildings, structures, etc. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116525 LC no. 83012112 ISBN 0262050277

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