History of Architecture 4: Prelims part 2 Flashcards
“City of God“
Manila,
Churches in manila
Baroque churches
The Baroque Churches have been at the forefront of Philippine
history since their construction in the?
1500s.
They had been designed to withstand attacks
during revolts and rebellions, giving the ____ the appearance of fortresses.
Churches
located on top of a hill, served as a
citadel during times of crisis, providing the best example of the
blend of purposes in the architecture.
The Church of La Nuestra
Señora de la Asuncion,
withstood the occasional
attacks from Muslims coming from the south.
Church of Santo Tomas de Villanueva
A jesuit, taught the Philippine
people how to work and lay stone, and
Manila bloomed once more with new churches built “in the European style”,
Sedeña,
stone buildings,
their sheer weight and rigidity made them
fragile in the face of _____.
eartquakes
In 1645, the city of manila was destroyed by an
earthquake. Almost everything crumbled,
except the
church of San Agustín.
New churches were built; these had more
robust proportions and were not so high,
and followed the style adopted in seismic
zones in America;
“earthquake baroque”.
Later on, in 1863 and 1880, earthquakes
were to devastate Manila once more.
Almost everything crumbled, except,
church of San Agustín.
San Agustín (1604), a permanent
miracle in stone, a church built in the
“______” after surviving world wars and eartquakes
severe baroque
In the Philippines, destruction of earlier churches from
frequent earthquakes have made the church proportion ____ and ____
lower
and wider;
side walls were made thicker and heavily ____
for stability during shaking. The upper structures were made
with lighter materials.
buttressed
____ is a style of architecture found in
places, such at the Philippines and Guatemala, which suffered
earthquakes during the 17th century and 18th century and
where large public buildings, such as churches were rebuilt in a
Baroque style.
Earthquake Baroque
____have thicker girth in the lower levels, progressively
narrowing to the topmost level.
Towers
Many of
the towers of Philippine churches comprise a series of
sections whose ____ decreases as they climb upwards.
girth
This church has lateral towers, trapezium-
shaped gable ends topped with
a vaulted niche, small
octagonal-shaped windows and
twin columns.
The Binondo church
The binondo church Constructed
in 1596 by Architect ____
Domingo de la Cruz
González.
The only one prominently constructed on a hill. It can be ascended on a wide
flight of stairs made of ancient granite rock called piedra china.
Santa Maria Church
the most iconic of all earthquake baroque churches in the Philippines.
San Agustin Church (Paoay, Ilocos Norte).
has the most
enormous buttressing gracefully rising from the ground to the roof. The bell
tower on the western façade served as the Katipuneros’ observation post in
1896 Philippine Revolution against the Spaniards and the Guerilleros’ during the
World War II against the Japanese.
San Agustin church
in the town of Miag-ao in the Province of Iloilo is a great example of
Spain’s colonial grandeur in the south of Manila as evidenced by the surviving Baroque-Romanesque
Santo Tomas de Villanueva Church
Built between between 1787
and 1797 under the
guidance of the Augustinian
Friar and parish priest Friar
Francisco M. Gonzales,
Santo Tomas de Villanueva Church
The architecture is of Baroque-
Romanesque type and the whole
structure is made of rough-cut cream-
colored sandstones.
Santo Tomas de Villanueva Church
