Research and Reference Death Divine by Pamela Williams Photographs of cemetery sculpture from Paris. Photographed primarily in Parisian cemeteries between 1991 and 1994, this book speaks of another time when memorial sculpture spoke of the beauty of life in death. The Architecture of Eternity by Douglas Keister and Xavier Cronin Striking, full-color photographs capturing the elegance and grandeur of mausoleums throughout America show the work of some of America's most noted architects and reveal many different architectural forms and cultural attitudes.
Intriguing captions detail the story behind the structure.
Photographs focus on nineteenth-century staturary from Italian cemeteries. Romantic, as well as spiritual, they represent death as something other than what we imagine it to be. Over 30 black and white photographs. In this handsome coffee table book, the reader takes a journey through New Orleans seen through its cemeteries. Thirteen regional burial grounds are depicted, through the gravesite structures and the people they memorialize.