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
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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
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Summary: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 -- The poetics of the exhumed corpse I: a tomb for Napoléon -- The poetics of the exhumed corpse II: the Cavaignac tomb
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XXI, 254 S. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:9781409422617
1409422615