Catholic liberal arts colleges have turned toward traditional architecture when expanding to accommodate the numbers. Here ...

“It’s the first west front (main entrance ... High Gothic Saint-Denis, as well as other Early Gothic churches like Sens Cathedral and Senlis Cathedral, spurred the spread of the architectural ...

The Gothic Age was famed for its towering churches filled with glorious stained-glass windows. The Gothic Age was famed for its towering churches filled with colorful light shining through ...

St. Thomas is a Gothic church built in the 1930s that needed work ... Now, it has a carved wooden screen, called a reredos, in front of the window. The altar railing, a modern style that didn ...

But the word ‘Gothic’ was first associated with an architectural style that began with churches in France in the 12 th Century CE. Until this period, churches usually had heavy solid walls and ...

“The orientation of Gothic churches in particular are very proscribed — the front door always faces west, for example.” Grinnell said his favorite is the window behind the church’s choir loft.