AMMAN — Origins of the Gothic architecture can be traced back to the Syrian architectural tradition, said author and cultural writer Diana Darke.The Islamic architecture was built on “a huge legacy of ...

The book is structured chronologically. Focusing on Syria, it moves from the pre-Islamic period of early Christian architecture to the first Islamic empire, comprising the Umayyads (661-750).

Stealing from the Saracens begins with Christopher Wren and his argument that Gothic architecture was more correctly seen as “Saracenic”: inspired by the Islamic buildings encountered by the Crusaders ...

Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from the late 12th to the 16th century. It evolved from its heavier ...

Marvin Trachtenberg, Suger's Miracles, Branner's Bourges: Reflections on "Gothic Architecture" as Medieval Modernism, Gesta, Vol. 39, No. 2, Robert Branner and the Gothic (2000), pp. 183-205 ...

Romanesque architecture eventually evolved into Gothic, swapping thick walls for thin ones and small windows for large ones. The Renaissance, however, reverted back to the ancient Roman way of ...