Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, the porches adorned with fine sculptures from the middle of the 12th century, and the magnificent ...

In the mid-13th century, the focus of Gothic architecture shifted away from ... “Hood later designed the Rockefeller Center, which is Art Deco. They peel off the historicizing detail, but ...

It is especially distinguished by a Romanesque nave of extraordinary dimensions, a wealth of sculpture on its capitals and a transept topped by five towers, all precursors of the Gothic style. The ...