Gothic architecture first emerged in mid-12th-century ... that were experimenting with what would become quintessential elements of the Gothic façade, but Saint-Denis did it really early and ...

Carpenter Gothic used the same elements as European Gothic architecture, but replaced masonry with wood frame construction. Verticality was achieved by the use of board and batten siding ...

The builders of Gothic temples were, of course, far from the modernists’ worldview, but already in the 14th century the idea that in architecture sometimes it is worth giving up a few elements for a ...

The origins of the Gothic aesthetic trace back to 12th-century Europe with the rise of Gothic architecture ... blending ...