Italian memorial sculpture, 1820-1940 : a legacy of love / Sandra Berresford ; introductory essays by James Stevens Curl, Fred S. Licht ; additional articles by Francesca Bregoli, Franco Sborgi ; photographs by Robert W. Fichter, Robert Freidus
Includes bibliographical references (p. 214-230) and index
A short history of the cemetery movement in Europe / James Steven Curl -- Italian funerary scultpure after Canova / Fred S. Licht -- From Neoclassicism to Purism -- From Purism to romantic realism -- Realism -- Bistolfi and the new symbolist funeral iconography -- Symbolism and liberty style -- The 'Bistolfians' and the Bistolfian style -- Art deco -- Iconography -- Among the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem -- Companions on the final journey