Funerary arts and tomb cult : living with the dead in France, 1750 - 1870

Introduction: Revisiting eighteenth- and nineteenth-century French tombs -- Reforming funerary cult in France, 1750-1870 -- Eighteenth-century France: rethinking sculpture and the body -- The Bonchamps project: reinventing the effigy tomb -- Louis-Philippe's tombs: burying a modern royal family...

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Main Author: Lindsay, Suzanne G. (Author)
Document Type: Book
Language:English
Published: Farnham [u.a.] : Ashgate , 2012
Subjects:
Frankreich
Grabplastik
Geschichte 1750-1870
Rezensiertes Werk
France > Social life and customs > 18th century
France > Social life and customs > 19th century
Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Related Items:Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Susanne Glover Lindsay, Funerary arts and tomb cult, living with the dead in France, 1750-1870]
Author Notes:Suzanne Glover Lindsay
Table of Contents:
  • Reforming funerary cult in France 1750-1870
  • Eighteenth-century France: rethinking sculpture and the body
  • The Bonchamps project: reinventing the effigy tomb
  • Louis-Philippe's tombs: burying a modern royal family
  • The poetics of the exhumed corpse I: a tomb for Napoléon
  • The poetics of the exhumed corpse II: the Cavaignac tomb.

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