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Gothic architecture

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Style of architecture that flourished in Europe from the mid-12th century to the end of the 15th century. It is characterized by the vertical lines of tall pillars and spires, greater height in interior spaces, the pointed arch, rib vaulting, and the flying buttress. Gothic architecture originated in Normandy and Burgundy in the 12th century. It was essentially the style of the Catholic countries of Europe, including Hungary and Poland, and attained its highest excellence in France and England. It developed forms on a regional basis, often of great complexity and beauty, and was used for non-religious buildings as well as for cathedrals, churches, and monasteries. The style was common in Western Europe until the 16th century when classic architecture was revived. France Gothic architecture in France may be divided into four periods: Early Gothic, lancet Gothic, Rayonnet Gothic, and Late, or Flamboyant, Gothic. Early Gothic (1130–90) saw the introduction of ogival (pointed) vaults, for…
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The architectural style of the High Middle Ages in Western Europe, which emerged from Romanesque and Byzantine forms in France during the later 12th cent. Its great works are cathedrals, characterized by the pointed arch, the rib vault, the development of the exterior flying buttress, and the…
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Cologne Cathedral, Germany, was begun in 1248,...
Gothic architecture developed in medieval Europe from the 12th to 16th centuries. It is characterized by the pointed arch and ribbed vault , and is principally ecclesiastical. Its greatest and most characteristic expression is the cathedral . The introduction of flying buttresses was a technical…
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Full text Article Gothic architecture

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Style of architecture that flourished in Europe from the mid-12th century to the end of the 15th century. It is characterized by the vertical lines of tall pillars and spires, greater height in interior spaces, the pointed arch, rib vaulting, and the flying buttress. Gothic architecture originated…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Architectural style in Europe that lasted from the mid 12th century to the 16th century, particularly a style of masonry building characterized by cavernous spaces with the expanse of walls broken up by overlaid tracery . In the 12th–13th centuries, feats of engineering permitted increasingly…
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structures (largely cathedrals and churches) and works of art first created in France in the 12th cent. that spread throughout Western Europe through the 15th cent., and in some locations into the 16th cent. The essential character of the Gothic period, particularly at the outset, was the…
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Full text Article Gothic Architecture: England

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English architecture of the period beginning around the 1170s to the mid-16th century. For information about English architecture prior to the Gothic era, see Norman architecture . Types of English Gothic English Gothic architecture is usually divided into three styles: Early English , or Early…
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From The Oxford Companion to British History
The main medieval style in western Europe, characterized by the pointed arch, slender columns and shafts, buttresses, pinnacles, and increasingly complex ceiling vaulting and window tracery. Courtly and sophisticated, often with chivalric connotations and redolent of theological symbolism, it found…
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Full text Article Gothic Architecture: Germany

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For earlier German architecture, see Romanesque Architecture: Germany . German Gothic architecture derives from France but is characterized by the Hallenkirche or ‘hall-church’ in which the aisles are the same height as the nave as at St Elizabeth, Marburg (begun 1235). Typical of the Gothic period…
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Full text Article Gothic Architecture: France

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The 12th century saw the building of the important abbey of St Denis near Paris 1132–44, which heralded the Gothic style, and of Sens (about 1140), Noyon (around 1150), Laon (1160), and Notre Dame , Paris (1163). The 12th century also saw the erection of many stone-built fortresses. The other…
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