Directory of Gothic Resources

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The architecture of the pointed arch, the rib vault and the flying buttress, which came together to form the fully Gothic style in mid-12th-century France. It spread throughout Europe where it developed local forms.

Subcategories

• Cathedrals
• Churches
• Gargoyles
• Gothic Revival

Resources in This Category

• 1200 Years of Italian Sculpture: Gothic

  http://www.thais.it/scultura/romanica.htm
  Architectural details predominate in this collection of photographs from Thais.

• Earthlore: Gothic Dreams

  http://www.elore.com/Gothic/contents.htm
  A lively and illustrated introduction to the monumental churches and cathedrals of the Middle Ages, with a feature on Notre Dame de Paris.

• European Route of Brick Gothic

  http://www.eurob.org/
  Project aiming to survey medieval buildings in brick in cities around the Baltic Sea and promote a thematic tourist route.

• Gothic Dreams

  http://elore.com/elore04.html
  An exploration and study of churches and cathedrals in the Gothic style. Features include: histories, study guides, glossaries and galleries.

• Gothic Style Brick Buildings

  http://www.all-in-all.com/english/8022.htm
  Information on structures in the Mecklenburg, Vorpommern region of Germany.

• Medieval Architecture

  http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic_arch.html
  Clickable thumbnails of photos and drawings illustrating Early Gothic with links to the High Gothic period, from the Digital Archive of Architecture.

• Medieval Architecture: High Gothic

  http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/high_gothic.html
  Slides of major Gothic buildings from Jeffery Howe's Digital Archive of Architecture: Notre Dame, Chartres; Notre Dame, Amiens; St. Etienne, Bourges; Ste. Chapelle, Paris; Cologne Cathedral.

• New York Carver

  http://www.newyorkcarver.com/
  A virtual Gothic cathedral project, featuring articles, photo galleries of Gothic architectural details and an illustrated glossary of terms. Image of the day, screensaver, newsletter, resources.

• Sculpture for Buildings: Medieval Europe

  http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/arch/hd_arch.htm
  The Metropolitan Museum of Art uses its extensive collection to present an online tutorial.

• St. Joseph Messenger: Architecture

  http://www.aquinas-multimedia.com/stjoseph/architecture.html
  For young viewers...a concise answer to the question: What makes it Gothic?

• The Age of Carpentry: The New Art and Society in Plantagent England

  http://history.eserver.org/medieval-carpentry.txt
  In this lecture Christopher Currie argues that England excelled in Gothic structural carpentry. Text without illustrations.

• The Nature of Gothic

  http://www47.homepage.villanova.edu/seth.koven/gothic.html
  An extract from John Ruskin's influential book "The Stones of Venice" (1851-3).

• Wikipedia: Gothic Architecture

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture
  An illustrated description of the origins and characteristics of the style and its variants and revival. It includes a list of notable Gothic structures.

Related Categories

• Home > Arts > Art History > Periods and Movements > Medieval Art > Gothic Art
• Home > Society > History > By Time Period > Middle Ages

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