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 ...

Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Robert Bork, a professor of art history at the University of Iowa and a specialist in the study of Gothic architecture, was working in his office when a student knocked ...

From lens focal lengths and fill-flash to portraits, macro or stunning landscapes there are techniques for everyone. Learn how to use metering, considering composition and shoot everything from ...

Paris’s iconic Gothic cathedral was nearly destroyed by ... let’s dive into 13 lesser-known facts about Notre-Dame de Paris. A pagan city lies below the cathedral. The Île-de-la-Cité on ...

It is considered a jewel of medieval Gothic architecture. After construction had begun, flying buttresses were added to the design of the cathedral. The design is meant to hold the thin ...

The Gothic cathedral—from St.-Denis and Notre ... to construct a new basilica that went on to transform Western architecture. They include: A detail from the Tree of Jesse stained glass window ...

Investigations into the cathedral’s construction during its renovation found that the 860-year-old building is the first known cathedral of Gothic-style architecture that used iron to bind the ...

Researchers and historians of architecture divide the achievements of the Polish Gothic according to diverse typologies, but even the eye of an amateur can spot the differences between Silesian and ...