“Gothic was an innovative, progressive architecture,” says Robert Bork, a professor of art history at the University of Iowa and a Gothic architecture expert. “It was a futuristic ...

Most of us, when hearing the word 'gothic', conjure up the image of soaring cathedral ... was an almost paradoxical consequence of the rational and logical principles of the new art. The new style ...

The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the ...

Because of the unity of its architecture and decoration, the result of research of the first Gothic era, its immense influence on the art of Middle Age Christianity, Chartres Cathedral appears as an ...

is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art and is admired for its proportions and the unity of its design. The tympanum, sculptures and stained-glass windows are particularly striking. Apart from ...

The Barri Gòtic, or Gothic Quarter, sits at the heart of ... Here you'll find beautiful examples of Roman and Medieval-era architecture rubbing elbows with the many shops, restaurants, alfresco ...

This elaborate, UNESCO-listed former hospital was the brainchild of architect Lluis Domènech i Montaner and is a beautiful example of Catalan art nouveau architecture. – Laura French From 1883 ...