Main entry:

Geurst, Jeroen.

Title & Author:

Cemeteries of the Great War by Sir Edwin Lutyens / Jeroen Geurst.

Publication:

Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, 2010.

Description:

470 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-462) and index.
Machine generated contents note: I.The Great Assignment -- II.The First Impressions -- III.The First Meeting -- IV.The Memorandum -- V.Lutyens' Preliminary Designs -- VI.The Compromise -- VII.The Cross Of Sacrifice -- VIII.The Experimental Cemeteries -- IX.The Monuments -- X.The Architects' Office And Authorship -- XI.The Common Style -- XII.The Classicism Of Lutyens -- XIII.The Graves -- XIV.Order And Variation -- XV.The Landscape -- XVI.The Other Elements -- XVII.The Greenery -- XVIII.The Work Of Lutyens After The IWGC -- XIX.The Permanent Significance.

Summary:

"The British architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) designed 140 cemeteries in the countryside of Flanders and northern France for soldiers killed in the First World War. The cemeteries can be regarded as an imprint of the former battlefront on the map of Europe. All are designed according to principles established beforehand, based on the idea of a cathedral, church or chapel in the open air, and include uniform gravestones, a War Stone and a Cross of Sacrifice. Yet the difference in size, alignment and provenance make them all unique variations on the themes in question. The most memorable aspects are their meticulously chosen position in the landscape, the varied selection of trees and other greenery and the architecture of the entrance and shelter buildings. In an exhaustive landscape-architectural analysis, this opulently illustrated book charts the history of the designs and reveals the underlying principle of order and variation in the architecture. All 140 cemeteries are fully documented with references to the places where they are to be found"--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9789064507151
9064507155

Subject:

Lutyens, Edwin Landseer, Sir, 1869-1944 Catalogs.
Lutyens, Edwin Landseer, Sir, 1869-1944.
Great Britain. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
World War, 1914-1918 Monuments France.
World War, 1914-1918 Monuments Flanders.
Cemeteries France.
Cemeteries Flanders.
Soldiers' monuments France.
Soldiers' monuments Flanders.
War memorials France.
War memorials Flanders.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Monuments France.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 Monuments Flandre.
Cimetières France.
Cimetières Flandre.
Monuments commémoratifs militaires France.
Monuments commémoratifs militaires Flandre.
Monuments aux morts France.
Monuments aux morts Flandre.
Cemeteries.
Monuments.
Soldiers' monuments.
War memorials.
Begraafplaatsen.
Ontwerpen.
Eerste Wereldoorlog.
Europe Flanders.
France.
Vlaanderen (België)
Noord-Frankrijk.
Military cemeteries (veteran cemeteries) France.
Military cemeteries (veteran cemeteries) Belgium.
Cemeteries Belgium.

Form/genre:

Catalogs.

Added entries:

Lutyens, Edwin Landseer, Sir, 1869-1944.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269766
Call No.: NA44.L974.23 G4 2010
Status: Available