Architecture and the after-life / Howard Colvin.

Main entry:

Colvin, Howard, 1919-2007.

Title & Author:

Architecture and the after-life / Howard Colvin.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 1991.

Description:

xi, 418 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-402) and index.
Megalith and tumulus -- The mausoleum of Halicarnassus -- The mausolea of the Roman emperors -- The Romans and their monuments -- From mausoleum to martyrium -- Christian burial and medieval church architecture -- The revival of the architectural tomb -- Chantries and funerary churches in medieval Europe -- The family chapel in Renaissance Italy -- Triumphal tombs and the counter-Reformation -- The princely burial church in Catholic Europe -- The family chapel in Protestant England and Sweden -- The return of the mausoleum -- Funerary architecture in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries -- The triumph of the cemetery.

Summary:

Architectural historian Colvin (emeritus fellow, St. John's College, Oxford U.) provides a history of funerary architecture in western Europe from the earliest megalithic tombs of prehistory to the establishment of public cemeteries in the 19th century, tracing the ways in which these structures represent changing ideas about the after-life as well as changes in architectural style. The book, beautifully produced on heavy stock, includes seven color and 268 b & w illustrations, 90 specially drawn plans and elevations, and an extensive bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

ISBN:

0300050984
9780300050981

Subject:

Mausoleums.
Martyria.
Sepulchral monuments.
Church architecture.
Religious architecture.
Mausolées.
Monuments funéraires.
Architecture religieuse.
Martyriums.
Confessions (Tombeaux)
Architecture chrétienne.
mausoleums.
martyria.
churches (buildings)
religious buildings.
Architektur
Geschichte
Grabmal
Grafmonumenten.
Kerkgebouwen.
Begraafplaatsen.
Burial places Architecture
Western Europe

Holdings:

Location: Library main 72167
Call No.: ID:92-B109
Status: Available

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