Last Landscapes: The Architecture of the Cemetery in the West

by Ken Worpole

Last Landscapes is an exploration of the cult and celebration of death, loss and memory. It traces the history and design of burial places throughout Europe and the USA, ranging from the picturesque tradition of the village churchyard to tightly packed "cities of the dead", such as the Jewish Cemetery in Prague and P re Lachaise in Paris. Other landscapes that feature in this book include the war cemeteries of northern France, Viking burial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186189161X
• ISBN13: 9781861891617
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Thoughtful and Insightful

For landscape architects, historians and planners, this book is an excellent study of burials and memorials in Western cultures. It helped me see U.S. cemeteries and their art in a greater context. Much of the book discusses how burial/memorial places relate to daily life, and speculates how such places will change along with changes in Western society.