Brabantine Gothic
Belgian medieval style
Brabantine Gothic is a style of Gothic architecture that developed in the Duchy of Brabant (now parts of Belgium and the Netherlands) during the 14th and 15th centuries.
It features ornate stone tracery, elaborate towers, and extensive use of local white sandstone.
The style reached its peak in grand town halls and churches like those in Brussels, Leuven, and Antwerp, emphasizing civic pride through vertical lines and intricate decorative stonework.
- traceryDecorative branching stonework
- pointed archesSpans peaking at apex
- 15th centuryThe 1400s
- flying buttressesExternal arched wall supports
- cathedralsPrincipal churches of dioceses
civic pride · town hall · gargoyles · regional identity · stained glass windows · artistic heritage · pinnacles · spires · urbanization · abbeys · guilds · civic buildings · craftsmanship · vaulted · nave · Flemish · belfry · Burgundian
- Belgian ArtMagritte, Rubens, Van Eyck, Bruegel, Ghent Altarpiece
- BrabantBrussels, Antwerp
- Medieval FlandersGhent Altarpiece, Flanders, guild halls, belfry, wool trade
- Belgian landmarksRoyal Palace, Ghent Altarpiece, European Parliament
- church architecturealtar, altars, nave, naves, aisle
- Gothic artgothic architecture, Gothic art, pointed arches, rose windows, tracery
Brabantine GothicRomanesque
Round-arched medieval building style
Renaissance architecture · Modernism · Baroque · Byzantine architecture · Brutalism