Gothic architecture first emerged in mid-12th-century Paris with churches like the Basilica of Saint-Denis, which is often regarded as the birth of the style. “There were other buildings that ...

Gothic architecture is tall, slender, sleek and elegant. New York-based architect Mark Foster Gage looks at the history of one of the world’s most recognizable architectural styles, and explains ...

Gothic, a word that usually brings to mind dark, strange, and creepy elements, actually outdid itself when it came to architecture. Gothic architecture is grand, detailed, has elaborate designs ...

The content discusses the Gothic art movement from 1140 to 1500 AD in Europe, emphasizing its philosophical underpinnings that combined faith and reason. Gothic architecture, exemplified by ...

A secret skeleton revealed in the centuries-old Gothic cathedral during reconstruction shows that Notre Dame was likely the first to use iron staples to reinforce its architecture.

Newsletter: Essential Arts: What Europe’s Gothic architecture took from Islamic design French President Emmanuel Macron, center, visits Paris’ Notre Dame reconstruction site in April.

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 ...

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 ...