Necropolitan
perambulations

• Eroticism in the cemetery

• Recumbent effigies

• The council of angels

• Departed children

• Funerary architecture

• Rituals and remembrances

• Books of stone

• Shopping for sculls

Cemeteries
of the world

Necropolitan perambulations:
photographic essays on cemeteries around the world

Strolling through the necropoli, these essays provide tours of funerary art, architecture and customs found in cemeteries around the world.

Stopping before tombs of the famous as well as graves of the unknown, and examining sculptural masterpieces and amateur constructions alike, these pictures unite one and all.

Mourning is witnessed in all its states: husbands sit at the side of recumbent beauties while weeping women deposit a crown. Children go scandalously missing, and angels reclaim a sweet soul.

People kneel, prostrate themselves and collapse. Figures caress and embrace. Some strike theatrical poses of sharp pain. Others quietly nurse their sorrow, veiled in marble or bronze...

View our essays, featuring black and white photos of the following (Flash required):

• Eroticism in the cemetery: Nude figures found in European funerary sculpture.
• The council of angels: Statues of angels from cemeteries around the world.
• Recumbent effigies: Gisants found in European and North American cemeteries.
• Departed children: Funerary monuments and tombs of children found North America, South America and Europe.

Funerary architecture: Chapels, mausoleums and crypts from Europe, the Americas and Asia. Rituals and remembrances: Personal rituals, funerary customs and offerings witnessed in cemeteries around the world. Books of stone: Photographs of books sculpted on tombs.

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