The term ‘Gothic’ was first applied as a derogatory label by Renaissance scholars in the sixteenth century, who likened the post-Romanesque, non-classical styles of art from twelfth to fourteenth ...

The Gothic style first appeared in the early 12th century in northern France and rapidly spread beyond ... They denounced this type of art as unrefined and ugly and attributed it to the Gothic tribes ...

The most memorable cathedrals are in one form or other of Gothic – a radical art and engineering movement that appeared and evolved with incredible speed during the 12th century. What on earth ...

The Gothic period, spanning roughly from the 12th to the 16th century, remains one of the most significant epochs in the development of Western arts, literature, and architecture. Emerging in the ...

Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, the porches adorned with fine sculptures from the middle of the 12th century, and the magnificent ...

French President Emmanuel Macron praised on Friday the more than 1,000 craftspeople who helped rebuild Paris' Notre-Dame ...