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| New Projects | Last Landscapes In this thoughtful and wide-ranging book - which contains more than a hundred and forty original photographs by Larraine Worpole - Ken Worpole explores the way death transforms ideas about landscape and architecture, historically and in present-day Western society and culture. Detailed accounts are given of Viking burial island Sweden, Etruscan tombs and early Christian catacombs in Italy, the 17th century Portuguese-Jewish cemetery 'Beth Haim' at Ouderkerk in the Netherlands, and famous 19th century 'cities of the dead' such as Bologna's La Certosa, Highgate in London and Père-Lachaise in Paris. Furthermore, this book explores the achievements of the great cemeteries of the modern era, such as the exquisite Stockholm Woodland Cemetery by Asplund and Lewerentz, and Aldo Rossi's rationalist city of the dead at San Cataldo, in northern Italy. Published by Reaktion Books, November 2003 |
 Last Landscapes The Architecture of the Cemetery in the West  |
What the critics said: ‘One of the most thought-provoking books of the year.' The Independent 'A richly humane and engrossing book… a work that is warm, compassionate, intelligent and thought-provoking.' Building Design ‘A remarkably beautiful book…As a long-time professor of worship, I spent many years talking with seminarians and pastors about theological and liturgical aspects of rites related to death. Last Landscapes shows that such conversations would be enriched if they were to address topics that Worpole discusses with such sensitivity and insight.’ Anglican Theological Review ‘Reading this book is a pleasure. The book is beautifully illustrated with photography by Larraine Worpole…It spends time with architectural and landscape history, makes tracks through sociology and economics, ponders theological and philosophical positions, and lingers before some remarkable aesthetic achievements.’ The Twentieth Century Society Journal |
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