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Vieira, Maria Antónia, Sampayo, Mafalda & Alves da Cunha, João (2023). Between “plain architecture” and baroque  architecture: a facade model of the churches  of São Miguel in the Azores. In Rokhsaneh Rahbarianyazd (Ed.), Contemporary Approaches in Urbanism and Heritage Studies. (pp. 135-152). Alanya: Cinius Yayınları Publication.

M. A. Vieira et al.,  "Between “plain architecture” and baroque  architecture: a facade model of the churches  of São Miguel in the Azores", in Contemporary Approaches in Urbanism and Heritage Studies, Rokhsaneh Rahbarianyazd, Ed., Alanya, Cinius Yayınları Publication, 2023, pp. 135-152

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TY  - CHAP
TI  - Between “plain architecture” and baroque  architecture: a facade model of the churches  of São Miguel in the Azores
T2  - Contemporary Approaches in Urbanism and Heritage Studies
AU  - Vieira, Maria Antónia
AU  - Sampayo, Mafalda
AU  - Alves da Cunha, João
PY  - 2023
SP  - 135-152
CY  - Alanya
AB  - There is a post-Kublerlian historiography, as Senos (2012) rightly alludes to, which has been refined and 
debated over the last few years by various authors, such as Correia (1986, 2002), Gomes (2007) and Sousa 
(1990).
George Kubler (1972) played a fundamental role in developing the concept of “plain architecture” and 
drawing attention to its design and morphology. For many years, several pieces of Portuguese architecture 
were ignored by European history, as they did not fit into the Renaissance, Mannerist, and Baroque styles. Thus 
Kubler (1972) when creating this category of “plain architecture” selected a set of churches through their 
architectural tendencies. Making them visible to the eyes of historiography (Senos, 2012), characterizing them 
in buildings of strict shapes, and rational and sober exteriors, with evident proportions, clarity, order, and 
simplicity. It is recognized as vernacular architecture (Kubler, 1972).
However, Azorean religious architecture remains on the sidelines of this interpretation, despite the 
scientific studies made by Sousa (1990), Caldas (2011, 2012, 2018, 2018a), and Vieira (2019, 2022) on this 
topic. The present study includes the religious architecture of the Azores in the national historiography, 
presenting an analysis of the design of the facades and plans of a specific group of churches built in the 18th 
and 19th centuries, highlighting the existence of a typology of facade and plan on the island of São Miguel.
This article reveals a temporal disarticulation between the design of the plan and the facade of these 
churches, corresponding to a type of plan inserted in one of the first phases of "plain architecture" (16th 
century) with a facade of Baroque ornamentation (17th-18th century).
ER  -