Three experts weigh in on the architectural style that defined Europe for centuries and continues to inspire buildings today ...

Gothic cathedrals represent medieval architecture's greatest achievements—ambitious monuments where master architects, carpenters, stonemasons, and glassworkers pushed engineering to its limits.

Because of the unity of its architecture and decoration, the result of research of the first Gothic era, its immense influence on the art of Middle Age Christianity, Chartres Cathedral appears as an ...

For the first time in decades, the original surfaces of the upper walls were clean and brightly lit, a wonderful opportunity for scholars,” said Bruzelius, an internationally regarded scholar of ...

Cologne Cathedral is a High Gothic five-aisled basilica (144.5 m long), with a projecting ... The 19th century work follows the medieval forms and techniques faithfully, as can be seen by comparing it ...

Strasbourg is set along the Rhine and epitomizes the blend of French and Germans. The town's historic center is littered with half-timbered houses and cobblestone streets, which are reminiscent of its ...

The Gothic cathedral, St Michael's of Coventry ... it left a terrible vacuum. Whilst medieval cathedrals took centuries, the new Coventry Cathedral took just six years to build.

Performers and visitors to the famous gothic cathedral in the midst of the River ... Up until the middle of the 12th Century in Medieval Europe, it was common to hear the haunting melodic chants ...