BAROQUE ARTS

IN THE PHILIPPINES
Arts Module 3 - Q2 | Presentation by: Group 2
Short Recap
Let's find out if you still remember

the lesson discussed yesterday

1. He is an Italian
artist who wanted to
deviate from the
classical masters of
the Renaissance.
2. Guess The Painting and also give the Painter's name!
3. He is well known for
his paintings of mythical
and figurative subjects,
landscapes, portraits,
and counter reformation
altarpieces.
4. Guess the Period!
It is a period of artistic
styles in exaggerated motion
drama tension and grandeur.
5. Guess the
Self-portrait
and also give the
Painter's name!
6. He is the greatest
baroque sculptor and
architect as seen in his
design of the piazza
san pietro in front of
the basilica.
LESSON: BAROQUE
ARTS IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Art forms in the Philippines are
diverse. Western influences can
be seen in Philippines arts such
as painting, dancing, weaving,
sculpting, and pottery.
In the 16th century, the Baroque
style was carried by the Spanish
and Portuguese to the Philippines
where it became the prominent
style of building for large and
small churches.
Large baroque churches often
have a proportionally very wide
façade which seems to stretch
between the towers. During this
time, the Spaniards used
paintings as religious propagandas
to spread Catholicism throughout
the Philippines. These paintings,
appearing mostly in church walls
featured religious figures in
Catholic teachings.
The pre-colonial architecture of the Philippines consisted
of nipa huts made from natural materials. However, there
are some traces of large-scale construction before the
Spaniards came. An example of this is the pre-colonial
walled city of Manila which was dismantled by the
Spaniards and rebuilt as Intramuros with its houses,
churches, and fortress after theSpanish colonization. During
three hundred years of Spanish colonization, the Philippine
architecture was dominated by Spanish influences.
 BAROQUE
ARCHITECTURES IN
THE PHILIPPINES
SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH, MANILA
The San Agustin Church is patterned after
some of the magnificent temples built by
the Augustinians in Mexico. The
atmosphere is medieval since “both church
and monastery symbolize the majesty and
equilibrium of the Spanish Golden era.
The massive structure of the church is
highlighted by the symmetry and
splendour of the interiors(painted by two
Italians) – the profile of the mouldings,
rosettes and sunken panels which appear
as three-dimensional carvings, a baroque
pulpit with native pineapple as motif, the
grand pipe organ, the antechoir with a
16th century crucifix, the choir seats
carved in molave with ivory inlays (17th
century) and set of 16 huge and beautiful
chandeliers from Paris.
SAN AGUSTIN CHURCH, PAOAY, ILOCOS NORTE
Paoay Church is the Philippines’ primary
example of a Spanish colonial
earthquake baroque architecture dubbed
by Alicia Coseteng, an interpretation of
the European Baroque adapted to the
seismic condition of the country through
the use of enormous buttresses on the
sides and back of the building. Javanese
architecture reminiscent of
the Borobudur of Java can
also be seen on the church
Buttresses of
walls and façade.
Paoay Church
 The church’s over-all architectural style falls

STO TOMAS DE VILLANUEVA under the Baroque Romanesque style. Its

ochre color is due to the materials used in
constructing the church: adobe, egg, coral

CHURCH, MIAG-AO, ILOILO and limestone. The church’s foundation is 6

meters deep and the massive stone walls at
1.5 meters thick are intensified through the
use of 4 meter thick setback buttresses
as protection to the Moro invaders (Royal
Decree 111 of 1573, Law of the Indies).

The façade of Miag-ao church consists of an

ornately decorated bas-relief in the
middle of two-huge watch tower belfries on
each side. The bas-relief is a mixed
influence of Medieval Spanish, Chinese,
Muslim and local traditions and elements,
a unique characteristics of the Church
façade. The two huge unequal beltowers
directly attached to the main church serves
as watchtowers to defend the town
against invasion of Moros.
BACLAYON CHURCH, BOHOL
The church, built out of coral stones,
is a cross shaped (cruciform) with its
junctures surmounted by a pyramidal
wall. The façade is designed with its
upper half hidden by an extended
choir loft which houses an 1824
pipe organ. The walls of the church
were decorated with icons of an
angels’ head and wings. Inside the
church is a Baroque and Neoclassical
pulpit, the tribuna (a private area for
the guest and visiting priest), a silver
sanctuary lamp, and additional details
such as sconce hanged on the
crossing.
"STA MARIA CHURCH" IN The church of the Our Lady of
the Assumption in Sta Maria is
situated in a hill surrounded by a

STA. MARIA, ILOCOS SUR defensive wall on all sides like a

fortress. The church is reached
by climbing an 85-tep stairway of
granite rock. The church brick
façade has one large portal with
three windows. The recessed
arched entrance is flanked by a
pair of rectangular pilaster
dividing the façade into a three
well defined planes. The whole
façade is then framed on the
sides by heavy circular
buttresses topped by urn-like
finals.
SHORT QUIZ
(1-5)
1. They brought the Baroque style of
arts in the Philippines.
A. Americans and British
B. Chinese and Japanese
C. Greek and Romans
D. Spanish and Portuguese
 2. The paintings inside the Churches
were used as/to,
A. decoration and ornamentation of Churches.
B. religious propaganda to spread Catholicism.
C. symbol and reminder of constant Catholic faith.
D. showcase the artistry of Spanish artist.
3. An example of pre-colonial
structure built in Manila long before
the Spaniards came to the Philippines.
A. Within the walls C. San Agustin Church
B. Church of Gesu D. Manila City Hall
4. The pre-colonial architecture of
the Philippines consisted of Nipa hut
made from
A. brick materials C. wood materials
B. natural materials D. concrete materials
5. Below are examples of Churches with
Baroque influence in the Philippines, except;
A. Sto. Thomas of Villanueva
B. San Agustin
C. Church of Gesu
D. Baclayon
 THATS ALL,
THANK YOU!