The Gothic Cathedral: Height, Light, and Color
Overview
The Gothic cathedral was one of the most aweinspiring achievements of medieval technology. Architects and engineers built churches from skeletal...
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Visual Arts and the Gothic
INTRODUCTION
REPRESENTATIVE WORKS
PRIMARY SOURCES
OVERVIEWS
ARCHITECTURE
ART
FURTHER READING
Introduction
The dominant style of architecture in Europe from the twelfth centu...
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Introduction
The 12th Century saw the move away from the Romanesque architecture which had typified the preceding centuries to the era of the great gothic cathedrals which were to become the architec...
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Gothic was first used as a term of contempt during the late renaissance. The Goth's were barbarians- which leads to many theories as to why "Goth" was the chosen title for a style that required extre...
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Gothic Cathedral Architecture
Gothic cathedrals, grand religious structures erected in the Middle Ages, differed greatly from one another, but were consistent in sharing the essential characteristics...
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After a Paris breakfast of cafe and croissant, how about lunch and a glass of bubbly in France's Champagne region?Thanks to a new high-speed train line, Reims, the ancient heart of Champagne countr...
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After a Paris breakfast of cafe and croissant, how about lunch and a glass of bubbly in France's Champagne region?Thanks to a new high-speed train line, Reims, the ancient heart of Champagne countr...
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The Gothic Cathedral: Height, Light, and Color
Visual Arts and the Gothic
Geometry in Gothic Architecture
Train to Champagne: TGV East in France
