Coomans Life Inside the Cloister

Understanding Monastic Architecture: Tradition, Reformation, Adaptive Reuse
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-94-6166-260-6
Verlag: Leuven University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 21, 176 Seiten

Reihe: KADOC-Studies on Religion, Culture and Society

Sacred
architecture as reality and metaphor in secularised Western society

Christian monasteries and convents, built throughout Europe for the best part of 1,500 years, are now at a crossroads. This study attempts to understand the sacred architecture of monasteries as a process of the tangible and symbolic organisation of space and time for religious communities. Despite the weight of seemingly immutable monastic tradition, architecture has contributed to developing specific religious identities and played a fundamental part in the reformation of different forms of religious life according to the changing needs of society. The cloister is the focal point of this book because it is both architecture, a physically built reality, and a metaphor for the religious life that takes place within it. Life Inside the Cloister also addresses the afterlife and heritagisation of monastic architecture in secularised Western society.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Coomans, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gebäudetypen Sakralbauten
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Religiöse Institutionen & Gemeinschaften, Klerus, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Understanding Monastic Architecture
Origins. Organising Sacred Space and Time
1. The Cell2. The Rule3. The Community4. The Church5. The Cloister
Building Types. Identities and Reformations
6. The Abbey7. The Charterhouse8. The Castle9. The Friary10. The Beguinage11. The Hôtel-Dieu12. The College13. The Palace14. The House
Characters. Embodying the Sacred
15. Place and Stability16. Enclosure and Gender17. Liturgy and Identity18. Death and Memory19. Scale and Growth20. Style
Afterlife. Adaptive Reuse and Heritagisation
21. Destruction and Ruins22. Manors, Farms and Factories23. Residential Use24. Barracks, Arsenals, Prisons and Courthouses25. University Colleges and Lyceums26. The Sacredness of Culture
Conclusion. Tradition, Heritage and the Spirit of the Place
BibliographyIndex of PlacesIndex of NamesColophon

Über Autor(innen)

Coomans, Thomas
Thomas Coomans is an architectural historian, professor at the Department of Architecture of KU Leuven, and program director of the Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation