Sacred ground : the cemeteries of New Orleans /
A sumptuous photographic portrait of New Orleans' legendary cemeteries and their collage of architectural monuments, sculptural memorials, ironwork and landscapes, shown as living structures that are unique expressions of remembrance and identity. The open-air museums of each cemetery, really t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hudson, New York :
Princeton Architectural Press,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | A sumptuous photographic portrait of New Orleans' legendary cemeteries and their collage of architectural monuments, sculptural memorials, ironwork and landscapes, shown as living structures that are unique expressions of remembrance and identity. The open-air museums of each cemetery, really tell vivid stories about the Crescent City's haunting social history. With S. Frederick Starr's introduction, Brantley's twenty brief biographies and Heather Veneziano's symbolic interpretations, Sacred Ground offers an absolute and artful display of the rituals, traditions and unusual customs born out of New Orleans' environment, religious culture and ethnic diversity. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Physical Description: | 191 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781616898212 1616898216 |