Gothic architecture first emerged in mid-12th-century Paris with churches like ... “Hood later designed the Rockefeller Center, which is Art Deco. They peel off the historicizing detail, but ...

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 ...

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 ...