IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 1612: A Poverty of Riches, II: Carthusian Architecture, Archeology, and Affluence

Thursday 14 July 2011, 11.15-12.45

Sponsor:	Cartusiana vzw
Organisers:	Tom Gaens, Cartusiana vzw, Zelem Stephen J. Molvarec, Department of History, University of Notre Dame
Moderator/Chair:	Michael Carter, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
Paper 1612-a	The Hermitage Space of Santa Maria Scala Coeli (Language: English) Luís Duarte Ferro, Centro de História de Arte e Investigação Artística (CHAIA), Universidade de Évora / Faculdade de Arquitectura, Universidade do Porto / Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Monasticism
Paper 1612-b	The English Charterhouses of Mount Grace, London, and Beauvale: The Tensions between Christ's Poor Men and Their Wealthy Patrons (Language: English) Glyn Coppack, Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Monasticism, Religious Life
Paper 1612-c	The Utrecht Charterhouse Rediscovered: A Reconstruction through an Interdisciplinary Approach (Language: English) Henricus Frederik Gerard Hundertmark, Independent Scholar, Utrecht Caroline den Hartog, Independent Scholar, Barrow-upon-Humber Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - Sites, Archives and Sources, Monasticism
Abstract	Medieval Carthusian spaces represent certain notions of relations, both interior and exterior. As a follow-up to the literary and economic case studies of the first session in this series, these papers will present discussions of several different charterhouses in different regions of Europe. Despite their geographic disparity, the three discussions will be unified by the endeavor to explore Carthusian relations with wealthy patrons via their material structures, objects, and the configuration of spaces. Tensions often arose between Carthusian ideals of austerity and poverty and donors' plans for construction and endowment. These differences can sometimes be seen in the remnants of medieval building projects and this session aims to unearth (in some cases, quite literally) evidence for them.