Gothic style
Cathedral design movement
Gothic style refers to an architectural and artistic movement that flourished in medieval Europe from the 12th through 16th centuries, characterized by pointed arches, ribbed vaults, flying buttresses, and large stained glass windows that allowed unprecedented light into cathedrals and churches.
The term extends to later revivals, particularly the 19th-century Gothic Revival in architecture and decorative arts.
In broader use, Gothic style describes anything evoking the dark, ornate, or medieval aesthetic associated with this tradition, from furniture to fashion.
The cathedral's Gothic style features soaring spires and intricate stone tracery.
- spireTapering architectural peak
- Notre DameFrench Gothic cathedral
- stained glassColored window art
- rose windowCircular tracery-filled window
- gargoyleDecorative architectural waterspout
tracery · cathedral · grotesque imagery · Ann Radcliffe · Mary Shelley · flying buttress · nave · ogive · Horace Walpole · Edgar Allan Poe · transept · cloister · medieval castle · pointed arch · pointed arches · altar · ghost story · supernatural
- architectureEiffel Tower, buildings, architects, design, thatching
- church architecturealtar, altars, nave, naves, aisle
- French ArchitectureVersailles, Louvre, Notre-Dame, Notre Dame, Chartres
- medieval arttapestry, ivory carvings, Book of Kells, fresco, Lindisfarne Gospels
- sacred architecturechurch, churches, cathedral, cathedrals, temple
- French Culturebaguette, baguettes, beret, berets, brie
Gothic styleRoman architecture
Ancient imperial building style
Greek architecture · Renaissance architecture · Byzantine architecture
Gothic styleMinimalism
Art stripped to essentials
Modernism · simplicity · Bauhaus · austerity · International Style