Three experts weigh in on the architectural style that defined Europe for centuries and continues to inspire buildings today ...

Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, ...

She would spend 37 years at Duke teaching various art history courses including her popular Gothic Cathedrals class, in which students would design their own cathedral using Notre Dame and others as ...

The most memorable cathedrals are in one form or other of Gothic – a radical art and engineering movement that appeared and evolved with incredible speed during the 12th century. What on earth ...

What is revealed with the restoration of Gothic architecture is a newfound appreciation for the many colours that these buildings were painted with. Many parts of Gothic cathedrals — especially ...

The Cathedral of St Etienne of Bourges, built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art and is admired for its proportions and the unity of its ...

Most of us, when hearing the word 'gothic', conjure up the image of soaring cathedral towers. In the territories of ... consequence of the rational and logical principles of the new art. The new style ...