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Hispanic Philippine churches : an architectural study / Benito J. Legarda, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Pasig City, Philippines : Ortigas Foundation, Inc., c2020Description: 71 pages. : color illustrations ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9789719491958
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • NA 4828 .L44 2020
Contents:
Introduction -- Comparisons with Spain and Latin America -- Materials -- Types of structures -- Style: General considerations -- Style: Evolution -- Regional styles -- Concluding remarks.
Summary: Dr. Legarda traces the development of architectural styles in Europe over the centuries from Gothic to Baroque and Romanesque and how they moved from Italy and France into Spain where they picked up Moorish influences and from there to the Spanish colonies in the Americas and lastly to the Philippines across the Pacific. Churches were built in the Philippines both for local secular parishes and for the Friar orders which played a major role in governing the country during the Spanish colonial period. Although this essay was written more than fifty years ago the Ortigas Foundation believes it is still an invaluable research tool for anyone seriously interested in the history of Spanish colonial churches in the Philippines.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Architecture Filipiniana Architecture FIL NA 4828 .L44 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000018369

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Introduction -- Comparisons with Spain and Latin America -- Materials -- Types of structures -- Style: General considerations -- Style: Evolution -- Regional styles -- Concluding remarks.

Dr. Legarda traces the development of architectural styles in Europe over the centuries from Gothic to Baroque and Romanesque and how they moved from Italy and France into Spain where they picked up Moorish influences and from there to the Spanish colonies in the Americas and lastly to the Philippines across the Pacific. Churches were built in the Philippines both for local secular parishes and for the Friar orders which played a major role in governing the country during the Spanish colonial period. Although this essay was written more than fifty years ago the Ortigas Foundation believes it is still an invaluable research tool for anyone seriously interested in the history of Spanish colonial churches in the Philippines.

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