FIELD NOTES / PRY / South America
Paraguay
Mission ensembles & carved masonry.
START WITH A PLACE
Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue
La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de Tavarangue preserve Jesuit mission ensembles. Their architectural remains are tied to the religious, social and economic changes imposed through colonial mission systems.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Compare a carved fragment with the larger plan of church and settlement. Keep the people and institutions behind the building process in the study.
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)