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 ...

The conquest of Mallorca by James I of Aragon in 1229 transformed the island’s political and urban landscape. At the heart of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Twenty-five years ago, Dr. Robert Bork, a professor of art history at the University of Iowa and a specialist in the study of ...

The Cathedral Church of St. Peter and St. Paul in the nation’s capital is a magnificent Neo-Gothic structure, based on 14th-century English models, that calls itself “Washington National Cathedral”: a ...

What began as an appreciation of Gothic stained glass, and its various arches and geometric patterns soon became a deep dive into architecture as a function and reflection of thought and philosophy.

The oldest surviving architectural drawings are of Strasbourg Cathedral, which was begun around 1250, but this façade elevation from about a decade later is so visually sophisticated that it suggests ...

Many of the cathedrals in Britain are orientated east to west. The nave is situated in the west end of the cathedral where ...

When people think of Gothic churches, they often picture European landmarks—cathedrals in Paris, arches in England, and centuries of history across the Atlantic. But the same dramatic architecture can ...

The Gothic art period flourished in Europe from the mid-12th to the 16th century, and it is defined by clerical architecture involving intricate stained glass windows, pointed arches, as well as ...

World Atlas has identified the five most beautiful Gothic churches in Kansas. The churches are located in Topeka, Salina, Lawrence and smaller communities in north-central and northwest Kansas. Gothic ...

I continue my Great Structures Week with focus on great structural engineering and its innovations in the medieval world – that being the Gothic Cathedral. I am drawing these posts from The Great ...