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menfrommarrs's review
4.0
This is basically a coffee-table book, full of beautiful photographs of European gravesites, divided into regional sections.
I was struck by the differences that there were in memorializing the dead among the different sectors of ethnicity; something that the photographer actually mentions at the end of the book as he describes what he looked for in order to create an interesting tableau.
As part of my genealogy hobby, I take gravesite photographs for people who are unable to do it for themselves, usually because of geographical distance. In return I hope that someone will send me photographs of ancestor gravesites to which I can not travel.
I love the older cemeteries, they have such hidden character. However, I have never seen, here in the USA, burial plots as beautiful as those recorded by David Robinson. The artwork at some of them is absolutely stunning.
At the beginning of the book is an added bonus, the personal revelation by [a:Dean Koontz|9355|Dean Koontz|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1196542105p2/9355.jpg] about Beautiful Death. If you are a Koontz fan, you must read it.
I was struck by the differences that there were in memorializing the dead among the different sectors of ethnicity; something that the photographer actually mentions at the end of the book as he describes what he looked for in order to create an interesting tableau.
As part of my genealogy hobby, I take gravesite photographs for people who are unable to do it for themselves, usually because of geographical distance. In return I hope that someone will send me photographs of ancestor gravesites to which I can not travel.
I love the older cemeteries, they have such hidden character. However, I have never seen, here in the USA, burial plots as beautiful as those recorded by David Robinson. The artwork at some of them is absolutely stunning.
At the beginning of the book is an added bonus, the personal revelation by [a:Dean Koontz|9355|Dean Koontz|http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1196542105p2/9355.jpg] about Beautiful Death. If you are a Koontz fan, you must read it.
msinformation's review
5.0
I find cemeteries to be quite beautiful. The amazing sculptures that can be found in older cemeteries can be quite breathtaking.
overdueshrew's review
4.0
Pictures of tombstones from all over Europe. My only complaint is that there was not enough, that this book should have even MORE cemetery art in it! But there are some really beautiful pieces photographed in here.
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