Gothic cathedral exterior

Learn the easy tools to identify a gothic cathedral and how to appreciate the craftsmanship and ellaborate design that went into its construction.

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Gothic art style will always be a source of inspiration for artists over the globe. Check out examples, history & influence in modern design.

The Gothic style first appeared in the early 12th century in northern France .

From a distance, the cathedral has been described as "looking like an upturned gas-cooker", due to the square central tower and a set of turrets that bring to mind Battersea Power Station. However, on closer inspection, the building is impressive, especially internally. All the major styles of English medieval architecture, from Norman to Perpendicular are represented in the present building and there are many features of interest. Built between 1093 and 1537, Chester’s particular fame is…

Andrea K. Scott on Markus Brunetti’s photographs of church façades.

Call it divine intervention. After three years of restoration, plus six of master-planning, the housands of square feet of scaffolding have finally come down from St. Patrick's Cathedral in Midtown, just in time for Pope Francis's late September visit, an unplanned yet fortuitous synchronicity.

Flying buttress construction; designed by those clever 'civil engineers' from the middle ages. Photo: York Minster. From Wikipedia: A flying buttress, or arc-boutant, is a specific type of buttress usually found on a religious building such as a cathedral. They are used to transmit the horizontal thrust of a vault across an intervening space (which might be an aisle, chapel or cloister), to a buttress outside the building. The employment of the flying buttress means that the load bearing…