Simbahan: church art in colonial Philippines 1565-1898. / Regalado Trota Jose.

This book is on churches and other religious edifices built in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial regime, 1565-1898. It discusses forms, materials and construction techniques of these edifices, along with their furnishings such as religious statuary, paintings and vessels. It provides a framework for "dissecting" colonial church artistic forms and goes beyond standard discussions of church art, which are usually limited to architecture, Santos and icons. It takes on an interdisciplinary character with insights from art history, anthropology, botany, ecclesiology, geography and linguistics. Data collected from all regions of the Philippines make the book a nationwide survey. Also include glossary of archival terms, a list of lumber - bearing trees and forest products from archival sources, a church documentation checklist, church art description form, and bibliography.