Gothic architecture first emerged in mid-12th-century ... that were experimenting with what would become quintessential elements of the Gothic façade, but Saint-Denis did it really early and ...

The innovative structural elements that would support these mega-cathedrals would define Gothic architecture's aesthetics. First, the lightness of these structures came from the use of pointed ...

As an example of Gothic architecture, it bears many iconic elements of the style: pointed arches, flying buttresses, tall spires, rib vaults, window tracery, and stained glass. But it was never ...

The story of their birth, which relied on the convergence of several key architectural elements, begins with an industrious and powerful abbot of Saint-Denis named Suger. Who was this Gothic ...

But the word ‘Gothic’ was first associated with an architectural style that began ... for novels and later horror movies. Grotesque elements like gargoyles added to spooky vibe.

Gothic Revival architecture is recognizable by its pointed ... architects began incorporating these unique design elements into the first Gothic Revival buildings inspired by the revival period ...

The builders of Gothic temples were, of course, far from the modernists’ worldview, but already in the 14th century the idea that in architecture sometimes it is worth giving up a few elements for a ...