The 8 Most Magnificent Gothic Cathedrals Ever Built
Though it took 632 years to complete, this five-aisled basilica, reaching a staggering 157 meters high, is the ultimate ...
Country Life1 天
Thomas Hardy and the country house: ‘Irregularity is the genius of Gothic architecture’
With the help of specially commissioned drawings by Matthew Rice, Jeremy Musson considers the abiding presence of the ...
How Gothic Architecture Became Spooky
Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Robert Bork, a professor of art history at the University of Iowa and a specialist in the study of ...
Londonist3 天
Rogue Goths: The Victorian Architects Who Shook London To Its Core
Image: Edmund Harris Rogue Gothic is Victorian architecture at its most flamboyant, eccentric and colourful, and London is one of the best places to see it. We're so used to having buildings with ...
RIBA3 个月
Gothic revival
This includes an increasing interest in preserving and restoring older buildings, with a need to understand the different styles of Gothic architecture. In 1817, the architect Thomas Rickman is one of ...
culture.pl2 年
Not Only Cathedrals: An In-Depth Look at Polish Gothic Architecture
It appeared first in Lesser Poland, but the first Cistercian monasteries erected here – in Jędrzejów, Koprzywnica, Sulejów or Wąchock – represent rather a transitional period between Romanism and ...
BBC10 年
The Glory of Gothic (Part 2)
Gothic architecture, or the 'modern style' as it was known 850 years ago, is immensely popular among architectural historians. Broadcaster and art historian Dan Cruickshank appraises its on-screen ...