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    This document provides an overview of church architecture in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. It describes some common architectural features like thick walls for earthquake protection and the use of local materials. It then highlights several significant church buildings from the 16th to 19th centuries as examples. These churches show regional variations and the blending of Spanish Baroque and neoclassical styles with indigenous influences. The structures are described in terms of their facades, towers, ornamentation, and the artists and religious orders involved in their construction.

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    This document provides an overview of church architecture in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. It describes some common architectural features like thick walls for earthquake protection and the use of local materials. It then highlights several significant church buildings from the 16th to 19th centuries as examples. These churches show regional variations and the blending of Spanish Baroque and neoclassical styles with indigenous influences. The structures are described in terms of their facades, towers, ornamentation, and the artists and religious orders involved in their construction.

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    This document provides an overview of church architecture in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. It describes some common architectural features like thick walls for earthquake protection and the use of local materials. It then highlights several significant church buildings from the 16th to 19th centuries as examples. These churches show regional variations and the blending of Spanish Baroque and neoclassical styles with indigenous influences. The structures are described in terms of their facades, towers, ornamentation, and the artists and religious orders involved in their construction.

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    CHURCH ARCHITECTURE

    Instructor: Architect Eva Maria Villanueva


    CHURCH ARCHITECTURE
    simple, patterned after early Christian types; either
    rectangular or cruciform with simple naves and aisles
    thick walls reinforced with heavy uttresses for earth!uakes
    protection
    immense si"es ecause of colonial policy which dictated that
    a church should e uilt for every #$$$ apti"ed
    materials used include: volcanic tuff %adoe&, hardened lava,
    volcanic e'ecta, sandstone, river oulders, clay, corals,
    limestone, oyster shells, eggs
    SIGNIFICANT EXAMPLES
    PAOAY CHURCH, Ilocos Norte
    uilt in ()*+ y Antonio Estavillo, completed (,$-.
    (,($
    fa/ade: rectangular, with arched doorway, four
    continuous pilasters alternating with niches
    finials and crenellations at pediment niche at the
    ape0
    huge volutes with low relief lines tracing the contour
    to disguise the large uttresses
    IGAN
    CHURCH, Ilocos S!r
    finished in (1$$
    located within the grid iron planned streets
    of a colonial town
    aro!ue elements include protruding
    columns and solid frames; three arched
    doorways leading to three naves at the first
    level, guarded y ionic pillars with c"inese
    #! $o%s
    urn.like finial at pediment
    SANTA MARIA CHURCH, Ilocos S!r
    constructed late (1th century, &' ste(s
    leading to the church was uilt y
    Augustinian )eni%no Fernan$e*
    massive rick church perched on a hill
    fa/ade has circ!lar +!ttresses, three
    openings and a lind niche, semi.circular
    pediment
    TUMAUI NI CHURCH, Isa+ela
    egun (,12.(,11 y 3ominican ,o-in%o Forto
    and town mayor Pa+lo Sason ; (1$2.(1$1 4 circular
    elltower was completed
    (a-(an%o artisans carved the hardwood molds for
    the clay insets that decorate the church
    !ltra.+aro/!e : uni!ue for its e0tensive use of
    aked clay oth for wall finishes and ornamentation
    orna-ental $etails : serpentine reliefs, spiral
    curves, flowers, foliage, sunfaces, cherus and
    saints
    circular elltower with white limestone finish ,
    decorated with right red clay rosettes and festoons

    ANGAT CHURCH, )!lacan


    egun (,#).(,,2 y Augustinian Gre%orio Giner ;
    completed in (1$- y 5ray 0oa/!in Calvo
    +aro/!e st1le : coupled Corinthian and 3oric
    columns divide fa/ade into levels or segments,
    statues ringed with wreath.like ornaments flank
    niches, windows with as.relief 6curtains7
    plain three.storey elltower with alustered top
    )ARASO AIN CHURCH, )!lacan
    (1,(.(1,1 : stone church was constructed
    to replace wooden structure; (11$ 4
    earth!uake ruined the church
    (11# : Augustinian 0!an Giron
    commissioned a uilder named Ma%(a1o to
    reuild the church
    variation on the circle -oti#
    flutings on pilasters with ends lunted into
    semicircles detract from the 8eoClassical
    elltower has a cuic ase , three layes
    accented y lind and open windows, top
    has crenellations and si0.sided cone
    SAN SE)ASTIAN CHURCH, Manila
    a church uilt for all times after previous churches
    were damaged y earth!uakes in (1)2 and (11$
    designed in the Got"ic st1le %without flying
    uttresses& y Genaro Palacios in 9evivalist
    architecture
    made entirely of steel; plans were sent to :elgium
    where the parts were made in sections then
    transported to Manila
    interiors were painted to resemle fau0 marle;
    adorned with sculpture y E!se+io Garcia and
    painting y Loren*o Roc"a
    SAN AUGUSTIN
    CHURCH, Manila
    ol$est c"!rc" in t"e P"ili((ines; uilt (#1,.()$,
    y 0!an Macias according to the plans approved y
    the 9oyal Audencia de Me0ico and y a 9oyal
    Cedula
    (1#+ : 3on L!ciano Oliver %Municipal Architect of
    Manila& directed the renovation of the fa/ade y
    adding to the height of the towers; these towers
    were damaged in the (1)2 earth!uake and
    were never reuilt
    pla"a adorned with 5u dogs represents
    colonial uran planning
    ;igh 9enaissance : superpositioned <uscan
    orders at first level, Corinthian capitals at
    second level; circular windows at plain
    pediment; heavily carved, two.paneled main
    door with images of =t> Augustine and =t>
    Monica amidst ?hilippine flora
    nave is flanked y (- collateral chapels
    each housing a :aro!ue or 8eoClassic
    retalo
    :aro!ue elements include trompe l@oeil :
    sculpture y Italian artists Cesare ,i+ella
    and Giovanni Al+eroni on the ceiling and
    pilasters
    cloisters uilt around an atrium with a
    garden planted y Augustinian otaninst
    Man!el )lanco
    TAAL CHURCH, )atan%as
    (1#1 : 5ray Marcos Anton, with the help of the
    architect 3on L!ciano Oliver, started construction;
    the church was completed in (1,1
    uilt on top of a hill and may e reached through
    flagstone steps, unostructed y other uildings
    fa/ade : arched windows alternate with Ionic
    columns at first level, Corinthian at upper level;
    pro'ected cornices and mouldings; three pediments
    interior is cavernous ur dra with stout piers and
    semi.circular apse : mathematical e0actness rather
    than ornamentation

    ,ARAGA CHURCH, Al+a1


    estalished y people who fled the eruption of Mt>
    Mayon form Ca%sa2a
    the 5ranciscan wanted a church with the est
    features of 9omanes!ue and Aothic, ut it was
    e0ecuted y the carvers in :aro!ue
    fa/ade : a whole talet without columns and
    cornices, only symmetrically positioned
    fenestrations, apertures and niches; whorls, twisted
    columns, foliage, medallions, statues and reliefs
    MI
    AG
    AO CHURCH, Iloilo
    present church was uilt (,1).(,*, under
    the supervision of fray Francisco Gon*ales
    Ma3i-o; a storey was added to the left
    elfry in (12$
    also served as fortress against Muslim
    pirates, simple and massive structure mi0ed
    with ornate details
    local otanical motifs at fa/ade reliefs
    reminiscent of cookie cutouts %de ga'eta&,
    used to descrie ()th century Me0ican
    architectural reliefs

    SANTO NINO ,E CE)U )ASILICA, Ce+!


    uilt y 5ray 0!an $e Al+arran aout +$$ years
    ago, on the site where a soldier found an image of
    the =to> 8ino in a settlement that the =panish
    soldiers have urned down
    the Convent was founded in (#)#, making it the first
    to e uilt in the country
    constructed with stones from ?anay and Capi"
    fa/ade : lending of Moorish, 9omanes!ue and
    8eoClassical elements; trefoils on the doorways; two
    levels divided into three segments and topped y
    pediment; retalo at the center
    elltower has four.sided alustraded dome
    interior : pierced screen with floral motifs, pineapple
    decors at the choirloft, corn cos at the capital

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