About this title: In many cemeteries, particularly in Europe, one can find 19th-century sculptures of idealized images of women, elaborately posed and sculpted with great care and artistic flair. David Robinson's photographs capture the sensual beauty and mystery of these lifelike sculptures. In her foreword, Joyce Carol Oates explores the many implications of the grief-stricken, extremely provocative female figures - the obsession with mortality, the rituals of mourning, the conflation of death and the erotic, and the perfect female form as a male fantasy and a symbol of status.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Norton,, NY:
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780393313338ISBN:0393313336
Description: Near Fine. 0393313336. Foreword by Joyce Carol Oates. Black and white photographs throughout. First paperback printing. About fine in pictorial wraps. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Small Hardback
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, N Y
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780393037944ISBN:0393037940
Description: Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 0393037940 RARE HARDCOVER EDITION. Features photographs throughout by robinson, with his text, and a foreward by Joyce Carol Oates. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780393037944ISBN:0393037940
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Octavo 5.5" x 8.5" [W]. 114 pp. Hardcover, bound in black cloth with dustwrapper. Light shelf-wear. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Description: 1st ed. "Many cemeteries in Europe are highly maintained sculpture gardens strewn with shockingly sensual sculptures of women...David Robinson's exquisite photographs reveal the angelic beauty and mystery of these lifelike sculptures. " Pp.131, foreword by Joyce Carol Oates followed by b/w photo plates throughout, slight yellowing to closed page edges. Black cloth, d/w has slight yellowing to top edge. G+/G+. read more
"Stunning and spooky cemetery sculpture - this book is a must of taphophiles. I tried to find some of these tombs while wandering around Pere Lachaise a few years ago. I'd love to have a hot naked guy draped over my tomb, but I'm stuck with conventional Christian imagery (incised cross and flowers). One can dream, can't one?"
"Out of all the photography books I own this one I cherish the most! This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever had the pleasure to look at. Lots and lots of wonderful black and white images of funerary statues, specifically mourning women from all over Europe (over half from France). A powerful book and a must own!"
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