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
