It was during this period that the most important elements of the Gothic language were established, and the style began to be set, literally, in stone. The invention of the flying buttress allowed ...

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 ...

The structure took on hints of both Naturalism and Renaissance styles, but it predominantly embodies the French Gothic style that favors giant, cavernous spaces propped up by flying buttresses ...

In The Genius Of The Gothic, Dr Janina Ramirez looks at Perpendicular Gothic, Britain’s first cultural style and Dan Cruickshank looks back at Gothic architecture’s most influential family in ...