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

Name/Title

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

Entry/Object ID

2015.002.081

Description

Traces the change in Western attitudes toward life and death through six periods in the history of funerary architecture and analyzes the intellectual and social concerns that lead to the establishment of a new kind of urban institution, the municipal cemetery. xiv, 441 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2015.002

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2015)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Cemeteries--France--Paris, Sepulchral monuments--France--Paris, Architecture--France--Paris--18th century, Architecture--France--Paris--1th century

Book Details

Author

Etlin, Richard A.

Publisher

MIT Press

Place Published

Location

Cambridge, MA

Date Published

circa 1984

Call No.

NA6165 .E84 1984

ISBN

0262050277

LCCN

83012112

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Building

Missroon Library

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

General Notes

Note

Notes: By Richard A. Etlin. Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-429.) and index.

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Create Date

December 7, 2015

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Update Date

February 17, 2023