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THE MAJESTIC
ARCHITECTURE AND
SCULPTURE OF LUZON
“Welcome Aboard!”
 Good day student pilot!
Welcome aboard! This flight is bound to the
highlands and lowlands of Luzon.
My name is Teacher Art and I’m your In-
flight Service Director. Your cabin crew are
here to ensure you have an enjoyable lesson
on flight today.
Please review your flight plan before
starting your journey.
"It is our pleasure to teach you today."
"If there is anything we can do to make your
flight lessons more enjoyable, please let us
know. Thank you."
"We require that you give us your careful
attention."
"Your plane is ready. Try to follow the flight
plan which leads to the different places where
you can find some iconic landmarks and
objects. Before going to the next places, make
sure that you will not use the same path."
Good luck!
START
FINISH
Congratulations! You have reached your
destination! Now let us talk about your
journey.
1. Were you able to follow the right path?
How?
2. What challenges have you encountered in
reaching your destination?
Activity 2
Directions: Identify the iconic landmarks and
objects that you have encountered according
to the sequence of your arrival in each place.
Write your answer on your answer sheet.
 1. _______________________________________
 2. _______________________________________
 3. _______________________________________
 4. _______________________________________
 5. _______________________________________
 6. _______________________________________
Are you familiar with the things you have
enlisted? What are your ideas about them?
We are planning to make a simple travelogue.
But first, would you like to describe those
landmark/objects in your list?
 1.
_______________________________________
 2.
_______________________________________
 3.
_______________________________________
 4.
_______________________________________
 5.
_______________________________________
 6.
Good job! As a pilot, you must also know
the iconic landmarks and objects from different
places as they would often serve also effective
visual markers in your travels. Meanwhile, this
would help you if you desire to promote tourism
as well. Remember, tourists are potential airplane
passengers who will serve as opportunity builders
for your aviation career.
Now let me introduce to you those things in
your list. Unfasten your seat belt and let me bring
you to a tour to the arts and crafts highlands and
lowlands of Luzon.
ARCHITECTURE
Calle Crisologo
 It is a narrow and cobbled stoned 15th
Century Spanish Street in Vigan, Ilocos
Sur and is considered to be one of the
heritage sites in the Philippines.
 It is lined with antique houses, and shops
leading to the town's hundred-year-old
churches.
Vigan is considered as the “Intramuros
of the North”, which retains the Spanish
colonial architecture - a fullness of life
on the celebration of Festival of the Arts.
The Spanish-type houses in Calle
Crisologo are made of adobe, bricks,
lime, terracotta, hardwood floors, and
windows of capiz shells framed in
wooden window panels with huge, high-
pitched roofs, large and rectangular
living rooms.
Tumauini Church
Tumauini Church
 It is a Baroque church that was built in 1873
and can be found in municipality of
Tumuini, Isabela. The structure was built
entirely of red bricks and done in the style of
Late Baroque or Early Rococo.
 It has a four-story bell tower that looks like
a wedding cake. It is a Roman Catholic
Parish Church of San Matias Apostol and is
considered the most artistic brick structure
in the country.
Spanish Gate
Spanish Gate
 located in Olongapo City, Zambales was
built in 1885 and serves as the entrance to
the original Spanish naval station that
provides repair, ammunition, supply, and
medical support for ships. It has high walls
made from locally- quarried stone
connected to the south gate that faced the
waterfront. It was used as a jail during
Spanish and American occupation.
San Andres Apostol Parish Church
San Andres Apostol Parish Church
- popularly known as Masinloc Church, is a
19th-century Baroque church located at Brgy.
South Poblacion, Masinloc, Zambales. The
church structure is a standout among Spanish-
era churches in the Central Luzon region for
having been built with coral stone instead of
adobe stone.
- It has saints’ niches, vertical windows, carved
niche of the town’s patron saint, and has
carving of geometric shapes and medallions
on the pediment. Its belfry is designed like a
circular template with lantern and cross.
Parish of the Three Kings
Parish of the Three Kings
 Parish of the Three Kings in Gapan City is a
Roman Catholic Church built in 1800s and
is one of the biggest and oldest churches in
Nueva Ecija.
 It has huge side doorways, with two
standing images of their patron saints on
both sides and a mural of the Holy Trinity
on the ceiling with the style of Byzantine
architecture.
 The church is made of bricks, adobe and
lime.
Saint Dominic De Guzman
Parish Church
 The Saint Dominic De Guzman Parish
Church also known as Abucay Church is a
17th Century Baroque church located at
Brgy. Laon, Abucay, Bataan, Philippines.
It was built in 1587 and was administered
in 1588 by the Dominicans. It is a
Renaissance architecture with five-layer
bell tower defined by decorative balusters
and ornamented with semicircular arched
windows. It has single or coupled Doric
columns, two saint niches in the main
portal and one in the center.
SCULPTURE
Bul’ul
 Bul’ul is a wooden sculpture also
known as bul-ul or tinagtaggu that
represents the rice granary spirits that
guard the rice crop of Ifugaos. It is a
carved wooden human figure with
simplified forms made from a narra
tree which signifies wealth,
happiness, and well-being to the
Ifugao.
Paete  Paete in Laguna is
considered as the “
Woodcarving
Capital of the
Philippines”. Paete
is popular for the
carving culture of
saints and other
religious images,
decorative carvings
of floral patterns and
geometric designs.
Higantes
 big papier mache caricatures of humans that
represent farmers and fishermen but according
to stories, the original higantes were
representation of hacienderos during the
Spanish colonial period.
 Their faces give a commanding look with their
hands on the waist.The earliest “ higantes” are
composed of a father, mother, and a child . It
originated in the “Art Capital of the
Philippines”, the Angono, Rizal Province.
THANK YOU!!!

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module 2 arts q1.pptx

  • 2. “Welcome Aboard!”  Good day student pilot! Welcome aboard! This flight is bound to the highlands and lowlands of Luzon. My name is Teacher Art and I’m your In- flight Service Director. Your cabin crew are here to ensure you have an enjoyable lesson on flight today. Please review your flight plan before starting your journey. "It is our pleasure to teach you today."
  • 3. "If there is anything we can do to make your flight lessons more enjoyable, please let us know. Thank you." "We require that you give us your careful attention." "Your plane is ready. Try to follow the flight plan which leads to the different places where you can find some iconic landmarks and objects. Before going to the next places, make sure that you will not use the same path." Good luck!
  • 5. Congratulations! You have reached your destination! Now let us talk about your journey. 1. Were you able to follow the right path? How? 2. What challenges have you encountered in reaching your destination?
  • 6. Activity 2 Directions: Identify the iconic landmarks and objects that you have encountered according to the sequence of your arrival in each place. Write your answer on your answer sheet.  1. _______________________________________  2. _______________________________________  3. _______________________________________  4. _______________________________________  5. _______________________________________  6. _______________________________________
  • 7. Are you familiar with the things you have enlisted? What are your ideas about them? We are planning to make a simple travelogue. But first, would you like to describe those landmark/objects in your list?  1. _______________________________________  2. _______________________________________  3. _______________________________________  4. _______________________________________  5. _______________________________________  6.
  • 8. Good job! As a pilot, you must also know the iconic landmarks and objects from different places as they would often serve also effective visual markers in your travels. Meanwhile, this would help you if you desire to promote tourism as well. Remember, tourists are potential airplane passengers who will serve as opportunity builders for your aviation career. Now let me introduce to you those things in your list. Unfasten your seat belt and let me bring you to a tour to the arts and crafts highlands and lowlands of Luzon.
  • 10. Calle Crisologo  It is a narrow and cobbled stoned 15th Century Spanish Street in Vigan, Ilocos Sur and is considered to be one of the heritage sites in the Philippines.  It is lined with antique houses, and shops leading to the town's hundred-year-old churches.
  • 11.
  • 12.
  • 13. Vigan is considered as the “Intramuros of the North”, which retains the Spanish colonial architecture - a fullness of life on the celebration of Festival of the Arts. The Spanish-type houses in Calle Crisologo are made of adobe, bricks, lime, terracotta, hardwood floors, and windows of capiz shells framed in wooden window panels with huge, high- pitched roofs, large and rectangular living rooms.
  • 15. Tumauini Church  It is a Baroque church that was built in 1873 and can be found in municipality of Tumuini, Isabela. The structure was built entirely of red bricks and done in the style of Late Baroque or Early Rococo.  It has a four-story bell tower that looks like a wedding cake. It is a Roman Catholic Parish Church of San Matias Apostol and is considered the most artistic brick structure in the country.
  • 17. Spanish Gate  located in Olongapo City, Zambales was built in 1885 and serves as the entrance to the original Spanish naval station that provides repair, ammunition, supply, and medical support for ships. It has high walls made from locally- quarried stone connected to the south gate that faced the waterfront. It was used as a jail during Spanish and American occupation.
  • 18. San Andres Apostol Parish Church
  • 19. San Andres Apostol Parish Church - popularly known as Masinloc Church, is a 19th-century Baroque church located at Brgy. South Poblacion, Masinloc, Zambales. The church structure is a standout among Spanish- era churches in the Central Luzon region for having been built with coral stone instead of adobe stone. - It has saints’ niches, vertical windows, carved niche of the town’s patron saint, and has carving of geometric shapes and medallions on the pediment. Its belfry is designed like a circular template with lantern and cross.
  • 20. Parish of the Three Kings
  • 21. Parish of the Three Kings  Parish of the Three Kings in Gapan City is a Roman Catholic Church built in 1800s and is one of the biggest and oldest churches in Nueva Ecija.  It has huge side doorways, with two standing images of their patron saints on both sides and a mural of the Holy Trinity on the ceiling with the style of Byzantine architecture.  The church is made of bricks, adobe and lime.
  • 22. Saint Dominic De Guzman Parish Church
  • 23.  The Saint Dominic De Guzman Parish Church also known as Abucay Church is a 17th Century Baroque church located at Brgy. Laon, Abucay, Bataan, Philippines. It was built in 1587 and was administered in 1588 by the Dominicans. It is a Renaissance architecture with five-layer bell tower defined by decorative balusters and ornamented with semicircular arched windows. It has single or coupled Doric columns, two saint niches in the main portal and one in the center.
  • 26.  Bul’ul is a wooden sculpture also known as bul-ul or tinagtaggu that represents the rice granary spirits that guard the rice crop of Ifugaos. It is a carved wooden human figure with simplified forms made from a narra tree which signifies wealth, happiness, and well-being to the Ifugao.
  • 27. Paete  Paete in Laguna is considered as the “ Woodcarving Capital of the Philippines”. Paete is popular for the carving culture of saints and other religious images, decorative carvings of floral patterns and geometric designs.
  • 28. Higantes  big papier mache caricatures of humans that represent farmers and fishermen but according to stories, the original higantes were representation of hacienderos during the Spanish colonial period.  Their faces give a commanding look with their hands on the waist.The earliest “ higantes” are composed of a father, mother, and a child . It originated in the “Art Capital of the Philippines”, the Angono, Rizal Province.