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3 days ago · 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. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture.
Apr 17, 2024 · 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.
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3 days ago · Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting. The name refers to Gothic architecture of the European Middle Ages, which was characteristic of the settings of early Gothic novels.
Apr 15, 2024 · Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc was a French Gothic Revival architect, restorer of French medieval buildings, and writer whose theories of rational architectural design linked the revivalism of the Romantic period to 20th-century Functionalism.
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May 2, 2024 · This is a list of buildings which are examples of Gothic architecture, either their totality or portions thereof; examples of Gothic Revival architecture have been excluded.
Apr 16, 2024 · William Burges was one of England’s most notable Gothic Revival architects, a critic, and an arbiter of Victorian taste. During Burges’s apprenticeship he studied medieval architecture, visiting the Continent to gain firsthand impressions. In 1856 he received the first award in an international.
2 days ago · Belvoir Castle is a stunning example of English Gothic Revival architecture and is considered one of the finest examples of the style in the country. The castle was originally built in the 11th century as a Norman motte-and-bailey fortress, but was later rebuilt and expanded in the 19th century by the architect James Wyatt for the 5th Duke of ...
