Beautiful Death: The Art of the Cemetery
by Dean Koontz
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A collection of photographs from the burial grounds of Europe explores the beauty of cemeteries and the emotions the survivors of the dead placed into the making of the tombs.Tags
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The pictures are nice, but the foreword by Dean Koontz is what makes this book worth the price of admission. I thought it was very touching. If you ask me, he's not much like his mean old man.
This is a beautiful book, focusing on the art to be found in cemeteries worldwide. Also included is a forward by Dean Koontz, who shares the painful story of the relationship he had with his abusive father.
As much as I love wandering in old graveyards, photographing the stone work, I think this book could of been done better. some of the art was lovely, but I expected more statuary and close ups of centuries old gravestones.
Primarily photographs by David Robinson, with an opening essay by Dean Koontz. Lovely art photos, but not a book you'll look to if you want to track down the exact location (or history, or name of anyone in the tombs) of any of these graves beyond the cemetery where they're located.
Absolutely lovely photographs of cemetery art - mausoleums, statues, and tombstones.
Photos of increadable Cemetery Art..
badly water damaged
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Dean Koontz was born on July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania. He received a degree in education from Shippensburg State College in 1967. A former high school English teacher as well as a teacher-counselor with the Appalachian Poverty Program, he began writing as a child to escape an ugly home life caused by his alcoholic father. A prolific writer show more at a young age, he had sold a dozen novels by the age of 25. Early in his career, he wrote under numerous pen names including David Axton, Brian Coffey, K. R. Dwyer, Leigh Nichols, Richard Paige, and Owen West. He is best known for the books written under his own name, many of which are bestsellers, including Midnight, Cold Fire, The Bad Place, Hideaway, The Husband, Odd Hours, 77 Shadow Street, Innocence, The City, Saint Odd, and The Silent Corner. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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