The most memorable cathedrals are in one form or other of Gothic – a radical art and engineering movement that appeared and evolved with incredible speed during the 12th century. What on earth ...

His work, based on the centuries-old tradition of wood carving and German Gothic art, was banned as “degenerate ... 1937 of his bronze Angel from the cathedral at Giistrow, where he had ...

Gothic art might have inspired modern artists to ... Munch made several sketches of Gothic cathedrals and their rose windows, which allow divine sunlight to flood into an otherwise austere ...

Partly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, ...

The Cathedral of St Etienne of Bourges, built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art and is admired for its proportions and the unity of its ...

Saint-Denis, as well as other Early Gothic churches like Sens Cathedral and Senlis Cathedral ... “Hood later designed the Rockefeller Center, which is Art Deco. They peel off the historicizing ...