quinta-feira, 19 de dezembro de 2019

Sketching along the pista #7



Today’s cycle to Monsaraz was quite an easy one, so I had the luxury of about an hour and a half in the main square of Reguengos de Monsaraz to sketch the church before setting off. Built in 1887–1912 in a ‘Neo-Gothic-Manueline’ style (or so the guidebook said), Igreja Matriz de Santo António was designed by the same architect, António José Dias da Silva, who designed Praça de Touros do Campo Pequeno in Lisboa.


It is always a challenge to get the proportions of a complex building down on paper and more so to invest the resulting sketch with character: otherwise why not just take a photo? This church stands out for its relatively late date, compared to others in Alentejo, and its intricate system of flying buttresses. Next time, I’ll tackle a side view to more clearly express these buttresses but for now the foreshortened view from Praça da Liberdade hints at the overall building form while placing the focus on the main tower.

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