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 ...

Gothic architecture is tall, slender, sleek and elegant. New York-based architect Mark Foster Gage looks at the history of one of the world’s most recognizable architectural styles, and explains ...

Introduction to the booklets.--Roriczer, M. Büchlein von der Fialen Gerechtigkeit (Booklet concerning pinnacle correctitude).--Roriczer, M. Wimpergbüchlein (Booklet on gablets).--Roriczer, M.

A gray metallic pinnacle, ... but then he also knew how to speak the language of Gothic architecture fluently. A 17th-century map including Notre Dame’s spire (left).

The Notre Dame Cathedral will survive a massive fire that threatened the 800-year-old Parisian landmark and, in it, one of the most famed examples of French Gothic architecture in the world ...