LESSON 2:

THE VALUES OF ART

UP Chapel: EPITOMIZING THE
PRACTICE OF INTEGRATIVE ART AS
CONTEMPORARY ART
If you must only pursue
one artistic field to be a
master of,
what will it be?
 UP CHURCH OF THE HOLY SACRIFICE
The more popular name The chapel was born of
UP CHAPEL has struck the integrated efforts
through the years from and ideas of many
the 1940s as a tribute to people.
its simple origin, the
sawali UP Chapel.

The very first structure in The inspiration came

the Philippines with a from a Jesuit, Father
circular thin-shelled roof, John Patrick Delaney.
compared fondly to a
spaceship.
 • An Irish who got assigned to the Philippines and
fell in love with his work and the Filipinos.
• An inspiration to many Catholic UP students and
was the guiding star of UP Student Catholic
Action (UPSCA) an active student organization
during his time.
• He loves to mingle with churchgoers inside and
outside the Chapel and his visit to the residence

Fr. John Patrick of a family on campus will be providential to the

Delaney, S.J. structure of UP Chapel.

 CHRONOLOGICAL TIMELINE
The Catholics and Protestants During a visit of Fr. John Delaney to
The original Sawali UP
made requests to UP President the residence of Napoleon Abueva
Chapel was shared by
Vidal Tan to separate their places which included Leandro Locsin, he
Catholics, Protestants, and
of worship and it was granted. shared his thoughts about the UP
Aglipayans in the 1940s.
Chapel.

Leandro Locsin shared with Fr. Faculty, students,

The design was instantly The Parish of the
John his architectural design administrators, staff
liked by Fr. John, and this Holy Sacrifice was
for a circular-shaped church in and employees, and
will become the first finished on
Negros that unfortunately did others contributed to
work of Locsin. December 20, 1955.
not push through. help fund building the
new Chapel.
 SIX ARTISTS WHO INTEGRATED
THEIR RESPECTIVE ARTS TO
SERVE THE UP CHAPEL MOVED ON
TO BECOME THE NATIONAL
ARTISTS OF THE PHILIPPINES.
 • An architect graduate from University
of Santo Tomas.
• Designed the Chapel circular with a
saucer-shaped roof, no doors but
with 14 entrances.
• He also designed the pews encircling
the altar on a round dais located in
the middle of the Church.
• This is the first round Chapel in the
Philippines with a thin shell concrete
LEANDRO LOCSIN dome.
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR
ARCHITECTURE (1990)
 • Studied Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture in
UP Diliman.
• Designed and executed the giant
wooden cross hanging from the center
of the church’s roof right above the
altar.
• The Sermon on the Mount is sculpted
on one side of the altar; the other side
was a priest standing with his
parishioners and a nun teaching small
NAPOLEON children. He also designed the altar in
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR marble.
ABUEVA
SCULPTURE (1976)
 WOODEN CROSS
Depicts the double figure of Christ –
Christ the Victim (Crucified Christ) on
the one side and Christ the Priest (Risen
Christ) on the other.

SERMON ON
THE MOUNT
 • Studied painting at the University of
Santo Tomas.
• Designed a mural called "River of Life"
on the floor, executed in a mosaic of
black, white, and gray marble flowing
from the altar in four directions.
• "River of Life" meant to say that
everything comes from Christ and vice
versa, believers may come from
different directions but one's life must
follow the directions towards Christ.
ARTURO LUZ
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR
VISUAL ARTS (1997)
ARTURO
LUZ'S
RIVER
OF LIFE
 • Studied at the University of the
Philippines School of Fine Arts.

• Painted the 15 mural-sized Stations of

the Cross in oil, each station covering
the entire interior area of each of the
rectangular walls between the church
entrances.
VICENTE MANANSALA
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR
PAINTING (1981)
 • Studied Art Studies courses at the
University of Santo Tomas.

• Assisted Vicente Manansala, who was

a mentor to him, in painting the 15
mural interpretations of the Stations
of the Cross on the walls of the
church.
ANG KIUKOK
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR
VISUAL ARTS (2001)
 STATIONS OF THE CROSS
PAINTED ON THE WALLS OF THE
CHURCH
 • Composer of interdisciplinary works
that have been performed throughout
the world; he is also active as an
ethnomusicologist.

• In 1968, his new composition

"Pagsamba" premiered in this church,
arranged with 100 mixed voices and
25 male voices along with 116
Philippine native instruments
JOSE MACEDA
NATIONAL ARTIST FOR scattered among the audience.
MUSIC (1997)
José Maceda at the U.P. Chapel of the Holy Sacrifice, 1968.
Courtesy of UP Center for Ethnomusicology.
 ON JANUARY 12, 2005,
THE PARISH OF THE HOLY
SACRIFICE WAS
RECOGNIZED AS A
NATIONAL HISTORICAL
LANDMARK BY THE
NATIONAL HISTORICAL
INSTITUTE AND AS A
CULTURAL TREASURE BY
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM.
Thank you for listening.
 References:
• Garcia, F. A., & Oblepias, A. M. S. (2022). heARTstrings: Contemporary
Philippine Arts from the Regions. Phoenix Publishing House
• Brief history. Parish of the Holy Sacrifice. (n.d.).
https://www.parishoftheholysacrifice.ph/brief-history