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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style 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. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture. It originated in the Île-de-France and Picardy regions of northern…

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Location
Catholic Europe
Influenced
Post-Gothic, Gothic Revival architecture, Baroque Gothic
Influences
Romanesque architecture, Byzantine architecture, and possibly Armenian architecture
Years active
Late 12th century–16th century

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Southern European Gothic

Survival, rediscovery and revival

Structural elements

Plans

Elevations and the search for height

West front

East end

Sculpture

Windows and stained glass

Palaces

Civic architecture

University Gothic

Military architecture

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Gothic architecture

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related to Further reading · 137
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related to Columns and piers · 27
Gothic architecture → Abbey, Abbot Suger, According, Amiens, Another, Bourges, Canterbury, Chartres, Corinthian, England, French Gothic, Gothic, High Gothic, In, In England, Notre-Dame, Paris, Reims, Roman, Rome
related to Portals and tympanum · 26
Gothic architecture → Amiens, Amiens Cathedral, An, Annunciation, Bible, Catholic Church, Chartres Cathedral, Christ, Christians, Fathers, Gallery, Gothic, Its, Kings, Monsters, Nicaea, Notre-Dame, Only, Reims Cathedral, Saints
related to Name · 24
Gothic architecture → Artists, Francigenum, Frankish, François Rabelais, French, German, Giorgio Vasari, Golden Age, Gothic, Goths, Gotz, Italian-speakers, Italy, Latin, Lives, Medieval, Ostrogotz, Renaissance, Rome, The
related to Romanesque influence · 22
Gothic architecture → Cistercian, Cluny AbbeyThe, Durham Cathedral, Early Gothic, England, Fontenay AbbeyCefalù Cathedral, Gothic, In, Lessay Abbey, Monreale Cathedral, Nave, Norman, Norman Sicily, Normandy, One, Pointed, Roman, Romanesque, Romanesque Durham Cathedral, The
related to External links · 21
Gothic architecture → An, Answer, Archive, Arthur, Brandon, Co, Columbia University, Elucidated, Encyclopædia BritannicaHolbeche Bloxam, Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Gothick, Gutenberg, Internet ArchiveParker, Mapping Gothic France, Matthew, Oxford, Parker, Project GutenbergBrandon, Question, Raphael
related to Periods · 21
Gothic architecture → Architecture, By, Decorated Stylec, Early, Early Englishc, England, Europe, Flamboyant, France, Gothic, Gothic Survival, High Gothic, International Style, Late Gothic, Latin Europe, Middle Ages, Perpendicular, Perpendicularc, Post-Gothic, Rayonnant
related to Rib vaults · 18
Gothic architecture → Amiens Cathedral, As, Chartres Cathedral, Gothic, In, Notre-Dame, Paris, Reims Cathedral, Roman, Romanesque, Sens Cathedral, Since, The, The Gothic, These, They, This, Unlike
related to Portugal · 17
Gothic architecture → Braga, Byzantine, Catholic Church, Cluniac, Coimbra, European, Gothic, Iberian, Initially, Lamego, Lisbon, Moving, Pedro Dias, Porto, Portugal, Romanesque, Visigothic
related to Influences · 16
Gothic architecture → Byzantine, Canterbury Cathedral, Chartres Cathedral, European, Europeans, Gothic, However, Iberia, Islamic, It, Late Roman, Middle East, Practical, Romanesque, Sicily, The Gothic

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Gothic architectureInfluencedPost-Gothic, Gothic Revival architecture, Baroque Gothic1.00infobox
Gothic architectureInfluencesRomanesque architecture, Byzantine architecture, and possibly Armenian architecture1.00infobox
Gothic architectureLocationCatholic Europe1.00infobox
Gothic architectureYears activeLate 12th century–16th century1.00infobox
Gothic architectureis aarchitectural style prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century0.90text
Gothic architectureis apointed arch0.90text
the multitude of churchesinstance ofstudies of the population statistics reveals disparities0.80text
abbeysinstance ofstudies of the population statistics reveals disparities0.80text
and cathedrals in northern France while in more urbanised regions construction activity of a similar scale was reserved to a few important citiesinstance ofstudies of the population statistics reveals disparities0.80text
Sirarpie Der Nersessianinstance ofother scholars0.80text
who rejected this notion as she argued that the pointed arches did not serve the same function of supporting the vaultinstance ofother scholars0.80text
Oviedo Cathedralinstance ofThe absence of an ambulatory in buildings0.80text

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