Life inside the cloister : understanding monastic architecture : tradition, reformation, adaptive reuse /

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Sacred architecture as reality and metaphor in secularised Western society.00Christian 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 an...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Coomans, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leuven : Leuven University Press, [2018]
Series:KADOC studies on religion, culture, and society ; 21.
Subjects:
Cloisters (Architecture) > Western countries.
Monastic and religious life > Western countries.
Cloîtres (Galeries) > Occident.
Vie religieuse et monastique > Occident.
ARCHITECTURE > Adaptive Reuse & Renovation.
ARCHITECTURE > Buildings > Landmarks & Monuments.
ARCHITECTURE > Professional Practice.
ARCHITECTURE > Reference.
Cloisters (Architecture)
Monastic and religious life
Architektur
Klosteranlage
Ordensleben
Western countries
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Boek_coomans; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ORIGINS; 1. The Cell; 2. The Rule; 3. The Community; 4. The Church; 5. The Cloister; BUILDING TYPES; 6. The Abbey; 7. The Charterhouse; 8. The Castle; 9. The Friary; 10. The Beguinage; 11. The Hôtel-Dieu; 12. The College; 13. The Palace; 14. The House; CHARACTERS; 15. Place and Stability; 16. Enclosure and Gender; 17. Liturgy and Identity; 18. Death and Memory; 19. Scale and Growth; AFTERLIFE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; COLOPHON.

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