The cathedral architecture of medieval Europe, born in the Ile-de-France in the mid twelfth century, which combined the pointed arch, the rib vault and the flying buttress into a skeletal stone system that carried its loads on points rather than walls. The walls, freed of structural work, dissolved into stained glass, and churches rose to heights no earlier builders had reached; Notre-Dame de Paris and Chartres are among its defining works.
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PeriodThe Renaissance supplanted Gothic in Italy by the mid fifteenth century, while Gothic forms continued in England and Belgium into the sixteenth century and later; 1500 is an approximate midpoint, not a single agreed end date. PeriodCirca; the rebuilding of the choir of the abbey church of Saint-Denis near Paris, begun under Abbot Suger around 1140, is the conventional starting point of the Gothic system. Origin Region Connections
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Gothic grew directly out of Romanesque building, replacing its round arches and mass with point loads and glass.
Source Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of ArchitectureBanister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition)
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Gothic architecture, 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.
- Notable Examples: Notre-Dame de Paris
- Notable Examples: Florence Cathedral
- Influenced: Gothic Revival
- Associated With: Flying Buttress
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Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.
Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture
Banister Fletcher, edited by Dan Cruickshank (20th edition), Architectural Press, 1996Influenced By: Romanesque Architecture
Ashford Castle, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Ashford Castle, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic, VictorianView the Source Seville Cathedral (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Seville Cathedral, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic, Moorish, and RenaissanceView the Source Basilica di Santa Croce (Wikipedia)
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Notable Examples: Uppsala Cathedral, infobox architectural_style field: GothicView the Source Rajabai Clock Tower (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationNotable Examples: Rajabai Clock Tower, infobox architectural_style field: Venetian and GothicView the Source Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall, infobox architectural_style field: Romanesque, GothicView the Source St Andrew's Church, Covehithe (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: St Andrew's Church, Covehithe, infobox architectural_style field: GothicView the Source All Saints' Church, Icklingham (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: All Saints' Church, Icklingham, infobox architectural_style field: Norman, GothicView the Source St Andrew's Church, Hempstead (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: St Andrew's Church, Hempstead, infobox architectural_style field: GothicView the Source Romer 2-4-6 (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Römer 2-4-6, infobox architectural_style field: GothicView the Source Bishop's Court, Devon (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Bishop's Court, Devon, infobox architectural_style field: GothicView the Source Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Most) - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Most), infobox architectural_style field: GothicView the Source Palazzo Pubblico - Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Palazzo Pubblico, Infobox style field: Medieval, GothicView the Source Wikidata: Brussels Town Hall
Notable Examples: Brussels Town Hall, Infobox style field: Gothic, Brabantine Gothic, ClassicismView the Source Wikipedia: Spis Castle
Notable Examples: Spis Castle, Article bodyQuote, Notable Examples: Spis Castle, Article body
Originally a Romanesque stone castle with fortifications, a two-story Romanesque palace and a three-nave Romanesque-Gothic basilica were constructed by the second half of the thirteenth century.
Wawel Castle - Wikipedia
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Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Early Baroque
Archiepiscopal Palace, Rouen (Wikipedia)
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Gothic and Renaissance architecture
San Francisco Plantation House (Wikipedia)
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Gothic
Winchester Mystery House (Wikipedia)
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Victorian, Gothic
Auckland Castle (Wikipedia)
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Gothic; Gothic Revival
Belmead (Powhatan, Virginia) (Wikipedia)
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Gothic, Gothic Villa
Andrew Dickson White House (Wikipedia)
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Gothic
Sainte-Chapelle (Wikipedia)
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The Sainte-Chapelle (French: [sɛ̃t ʃapɛl]; English: Holy Chapel) is a royal chapel in the Gothic style, within the medieval Palais de la Cité, the residence of the Kings of France until the 14th century, on the Île de la Cité in the River Seine in Paris, France.
Reims Cathedral (Wikipedia)
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The cathedral is considered to be one of the most important works of Gothic architecture.
San Procolo, Bologna (Wikipedia)
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San Procolo is an early Gothic-style, Roman Catholic church and former monastery-hospital located on Via Massimo D'Azeglio #52 in central Bologna, region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
Palazzo degli Anziani, Pistoia (Wikipedia)
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The Palazzo degli Anziani also known as the Palazzo del Comune, della Comunitá or del Giano is a Gothic-style stone palace located in the ancient historic center of Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy.
St Mark's Basilica (Wikipedia)
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Middle-Byzantine, Romanesque, and Islamic influences are also evident, and Gothic elements were later incorporated.
Hotel Danieli, Wikipedia
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Category:Gothic palaces in Venice
Malbork Castle - Wikipedia
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The Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork, commonly known as Malbork Castle (Polish: Zamek w Malborku; German: Ordensburg Marienburg), is a Brick Gothic castle complex located in the town of Malbork, Poland, built in the 13th and significantly expanded in the 14th century.
Collegio di Spagna (Wikipedia)
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Category:Gothic architecture in Bologna
Charles Bridge (Wikipedia)
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During the fighting, they severely damaged one side of the Old Town bridge tower (the side facing the river) and the remnants of almost all gothic decorations had to be removed from it afterward.
Villa Carducci-Pandolfini (Wikipedia)
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Category:Gothic architecture in Tuscany
Wikipedia: Palazzo Pisani Gritti
Notable Examples: The Gritti Palace, Wikipedia categoriesQuote, Notable Examples: The Gritti Palace, Wikipedia categories
Category:Gothic palaces in Venice
Old-New Synagogue (Wikipedia)
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It is one of the earliest Gothic buildings in Prague.
Wikidata: Alcazar of Segovia
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architectural style: Gothic architecture
Wikidata: Castel del Monte
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architectural style: Gothic architecture
Fenis Castle (Wikidata)
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architectural style: Gothic architecture
Verrès Castle (Wikidata)
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architectural style: Gothic architecture
Prösels Castle (Wikidata)
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Prösels Castle (German: Schloss Prösels; Italian: Castello di Presule) is a castle in the Gothic style which stands on the high plain below the Schlern mountain, in South Tyrol.
Rib Vault (Wikipedia)
Church of Our Lady before Tyn (Wikipedia)
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The Church of the Mother of God before Týn (in Czech Kostel Matky Boží před Týnem, also Týnský chrám ("Týn Church") or just Týn), or Church of Our Lady before Týn, is a Gothic church and a dominant feature of the Old Town of Prague, Czech Republic.
Chris Mark Castle (Wikipedia)
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Chris Mark Castle, also known as Woodstock Castle, is a residential property on Brickyard Road near Woodstock, Connecticut finished in 2010 and built in the style of a Gothic castle and named for its builder and owner.
Butchers' Guild Hall, Hildesheim (Wikipedia)
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The Butchers' Guild Hall was originally built in 1529 in a Gothic style.
Geymüllerschlössel (Wikipedia)
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Its architectural style features the blend of Gothic, Indian and Arab elements typical especially of pleasure palaces at the time.
Długosz House (Wiślica) (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Długosz House (Wiślica), Wikipedia category: Gothic architecture in PolandQuote, Notable Examples: Długosz House (Wiślica), Wikipedia category: Gothic architecture in Poland
Category:Gothic architecture in Poland
Gothic architecture (Wikipedia)
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Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.
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