Though it took 632 years to complete, this five-aisled basilica, reaching a staggering 157 meters high, is the ultimate ...

The Gothic Revival was a conscious movement that began in England to revive medieval Gothic forms, from the second half of the 18th century and throughout the 19th century. The 18th century examples ...

He surveys the 'sensational' 13th century west front of Wells cathedral, bringing to life a wonderful array of Gothic detail, and sheds light on a medieval ritual. Along the way Dan outlines his ...

The word Gothic came back with a different meaning in the Renaissance. It was used to describe medieval culture, particularly art and architecture. People in the Middle Ages had not called their ...

In the late 19th century, artists were going goth. Works like Vincent van Gogh’s Head of a Skeleton With a Burning Cigarette (1886), Edvard Munch’s By the Deathbed (1893) and Hugo Simberg’s The Garden ...

This medieval Gothic jewel — which, until its closure, was France’s most visited site, with some 13 million visitors a year, far ahead of the Eiffel Tower — is inextricably linked to the ...

Five years after a ruinous fire, the reopening of the cathedral restored it in full glory to the Paris skyline and delivered ...

Dame cathedral will reopen, five years after a fire the storied medieval landmark will reopen its doors once again.