Death and architecture
Subtitle: an introduction to funerary and commemorative buildings in the Western European tradition, with some consideration of their settings
By: James Stevens Curl.
Edition: New rev. ed.
Publisher: Sutton; Sutton Publishing
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Stroud
Language: eng
Number of pages: 415
Subjects: Sepulchral monuments -- Europe.; Tombs -- Europe.; Cemeteries -- Europe.; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Europe.
Description: "Professor Curl demonstrates that in fact death has inspired some of the noblest monumental buildings ever conceived in the West, and his text is judiciously fashioned to this end." "Death and Architecture will interest many people, and it is not aimed at a specialist market. This book emphasises the importance of funerary architecture in the development of architectural style."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "First published in 1980 by Constable & Co. Ltd. Second edition with revisions, published in 1993 by B.T. Batsford Ltd." -- T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 378-400) and index.