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, rounder ...

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The Gothic cathedral—from St.-Denis and Notre-Dame of Paris to Chartres, Reims, and Amiens—stands out for a reason. Their flying buttresses, lofty towers, and subaqueous stained-glass windows showcase ...

One of the most influential styles of architecture found in St. Louis is probably the one least understood by the general public. The Romanesque Revival style has given us some of the most beautiful ...

Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Robert Bork, a professor of art history at the University of Iowa and a specialist in the study of Gothic architecture, was working in his office when a student knocked on ...

Much of New Orleans culture derives from outside influences imported by newcomers, whose traditions and tastes gradually syncretized locally into something distinct. The city has returned the favor, ...

Nearly all of us spend a lot of time in buildings or in sight of buildings. But a lot of us (I mean me) can't tell a portico from a pediment or the Neo-Gothic from the Neo-Romanesque. That's why I sat ...