Welcome and Introduction:
Heritage of Disease
Prof. Chiara Franceschini, IMT School for Advanced Studies; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, PI Archiater
Discussants:
Prof. Andrea De Marchi, University of Florence
Prof. Marco Paggi, IMT School for Advanced Studies
Dr. Frieder Leipold, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München - Associate Postdoctoral Researcher
“Ut videant vestra bona opera” – The Hospital System in Munich as a Reflection of Urban Society
The hospital system of a city has always mirrored its societal structure. However, it raises the question of whether these institutions were also intended by their founders as instruments to visibly demonstrate their benevolence. Using Munich as a case study, this talk explores the extent to which the architecture employed in its hospitals can be considered representative—or not.
Dr. Elisabetta Bartoli, IMT School for Advanced Studies - Phd Researcher
The Roman hospital and the church of ‘Santa Maria della Consolazione’ between the 16th and 18th centuries: a case study for patronage of Roman hospitals in the Modern Age
The Consolation Hospital represents one of the longest-lived welfare institutions in Rome but its historical memory was lost following its closure in the 1930s. This talk will explore the progress of ongoing research, which aims to reconstruct the social history and visual culture of the Hospital and the Church of Consolation. Particular attention will be given to issues of patronage, the preserved and lost decorative programs and the significance of the various types of images created for these institutions.
Dr. Lily Baumeister, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Arcades, Portico, Colonnade – Definitional Challenges in a Multilingual Modeling Context
While modeling hospitals in WikiData, we encountered some difficulties concerning arcade, portico, and colonnade in the context of early modern hospitals. In this talk, Lily Baumeister highlights the issues of definition and translation across German, English, and Italian and introduces possible approaches for the project.
Dr. Miriam Siebert, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München - PhD Researcher
Georg Petel’s crucifixes in the Heilig-Geist-Spital Augsburg: works of art beyond manorial collections
This paper will discuss the example of the Heilig-Geist-Spital in Augsburg, focusing in particular on the agency and iconography of Georg Petel’s crucifix within the context of a hospital patronage in a bi-confessional imperial city in Southern Germany.
Discussion
Dr. Isabella Limmer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Mary Magdalene for the Sick - Penitent Sinner or Chaste Apostle?
With her many contrasting iconographies, Mary Magdalene harbours various messages for the believing viewer. In a brief comparison, the effect these could have had on the people in the hospital - the sick, the carers and the visitors - will be reflected upon.
Dr. Alessandra Leggieri, IMT School for Advanced Studies - Phd Researcher
The artistic heritage of ‘Santa Maria Nuova’ in Florence. Contexts, movements and meanings of a hospital collection
The Florentine state museums hold many works of art coming from the most important art collection in Florence after the one belonging to the Medici: the Santa Maria Nuova Hospital Art Collection. My contribution explores the remarkable art collection of the hospital, which was alienated to the Italian state in 1900. It investigates the political, legislative and cultural meanings related to the alienation of those works of art, especially focusing on their previous contexts, their movements and on the value of owning an art collection for an institution such as a hospital.
Dr. Lily Baumeister and Dr. Isabella Limmer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
How to Engage the Public - Communicating ARCHIATER’s Output
Lily and Isabella will present various channels through which the results of the project are communicated - digitally via websites (hypotheses and department blog) and apps, analogue advertising or through cooperation with museums and research institutes.
General Discussion
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