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 ...

Flying buttresses act the same way ancient Roman columns did, countering the horizontal force of the arch. They also provide for more ground area underneath: more worshippers could fit into a church ...

This includes an increasing interest in preserving and restoring older buildings, with a need to understand the different styles of Gothic architecture. In 1817, the architect Thomas Rickman is one of ...

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 ...

What is revealed with the restoration of Gothic architecture is a newfound appreciation for the many colours that these buildings were painted with. Many parts of Gothic cathedrals — especially ...

Closely associated with the Cambridge Camden (later Ecclesiological) Society, promoting “the study of Gothic Architecture, and of Ecclesiastical Antiques”, Butterfield was the Tractarian ...