Gothic buildings
Medieval stone cathedrals
Gothic buildings are structures built in the medieval architectural style that dominated European construction from the 12th to 16th centuries.
The style is characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, and large stained-glass windows—features that allowed walls to rise higher and thinner than earlier Romanesque buildings.
Cathedrals are the most famous examples: Notre-Dame is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture.
The term now applies loosely to any building that evokes that medieval aesthetic, including 19th-century Gothic Revival structures.
- pointed archesSpans peaking at apex
- traceryDecorative branching stonework
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- stone masonryBuilding with cut rock
- French GothicRibbed vaults, rose windows
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Gothic buildingsNorman architecture
Post-conquest English building style
minimalist architecture · Byzantine architecture · Greek temples · Roman architecture · Renaissance architecture
Gothic buildingsmodernist buildings
Architecture rejecting traditional ornamentation
International Style · contemporary architecture · skyscrapers · industrial architecture
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