Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, ...

Most of us, when hearing the word 'gothic', conjure up the image of soaring cathedral towers. In the territories of ... consequence of the rational and logical principles of the new art. The new style ...

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The Cathedral of St Etienne of Bourges, built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art and is admired for its proportions and the unity of its ...

The most memorable cathedrals are in one form or other of Gothic – a radical art and engineering movement that appeared and evolved with incredible speed during the 12th century. What on earth ...

The form and the decorative elements of the Cathedral, such as a remarkable frieze decorated with 71 sculptured faces of men, women, and children, also illustrate the successful fusion of Gothic and ...

However, if it's architecture and art that you're after ... to be one of the prolific travel guru Rick Steve's favorite Gothic cathedrals, is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen or simply ...

His work, based on the centuries-old tradition of wood carving and German Gothic art, was banned as “degenerate ... 1937 of his bronze Angel from the cathedral at Giistrow, where he had ...

Consecrated in 1929, the cathedral features neo-Gothic stylings alongside Renaissance ... Also, don't miss the art nouveau stained-glass window work completed by the famous Czech painter Alfons ...