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Gothic architecture and art

Gothic architecture and art, structures (largely cathedrals and churches) and works of art first created in France in the 12th cent. that spread throughout Western Europe through the 15th cent., and in some locations into the 16th cent.

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Gothic architecture and art: Bibliography - Bibliography See E. Mâle, The Gothic Image (1958); P. Frankl, The Gothic (1960); E. Panofsky, ...
Gothic architecture and art: The Nature of the Gothic - The Nature of the Gothic The essential character of the Gothic period, particularly at the outset, ...
Gothic architecture and art: Gothic Architecture Outside France - Gothic Architecture Outside France The adoption of Gothic architecture in various parts of Western ...
Gothic architecture and art: Late Gothic Styles - Late Gothic Styles In the 13th cent. the newly founded orders of Franciscans and Dominicans erected ...
Gothic architecture and art: Landmarks of French Gothic Architecture - Landmarks of French Gothic Architecture The first important example of Gothic architecture was the ...

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