Early Gothic. Gothic architecture first emerged in mid-12th-century Paris with churches like the Basilica of Saint-Denis, which is often regarded as the birth of the style.

They soar impossibly skyward, their spires pierce clouds, and their stained glass transforms sunlight into kaleidoscopes of color. Gothic cathedrals represent medieval architecture's greatest ...

From rudimentary beginnings to Gothic splendour - find out how the Church grew in wealth and importance, and how its values were reflected in its architecture.

They soar impossibly skyward, their spires pierce clouds, and their stained glass transforms sunlight into kaleidoscopes of color. Gothic cathedrals represent medieval architecture's greatest ...

On April 4, 1942, the diarist Henry “Chips” Channon and a few of his friends paid a visit to Wells Cathedral—one of England’s early Gothic treasures—in the southwest county of Somerset.

From its early Germanic roots to Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the Gothic sensibility has journeyed throughout the centuries, morphing through architecture, art, fashion, music and film ...

A lot of exquisite, austere early gothic architecture, that is a little sad. It fell asleep in the 15th century because of economic problems and it stayed intact, sleeping for 600 years.

They soar impossibly skyward, their spires pierce clouds, and their stained glass transforms sunlight into kaleidoscopes of color. Gothic cathedrals represent medieval architecture's greatest ...