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  2. Gothic architecture - Wikipedia

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    Some elements of Gothic style appeared very early in England. Durham Cathedral was the first cathedral to employ a rib vault, built between 1093 and 1104. [31] The first cathedral built entirely in the new style was Sens Cathedral, begun between 1135 and 1140 and consecrated in 1160.

  3. Gothic secular and domestic architecture - Wikipedia

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    Angevin kings brought the Gothic tradition from France to Southern Italy, while Lusignan kings introduced French Gothic architecture to Cyprus. Hall of the Knights - Krak des Chevaliers, County of Tripoli, Syria. Throughout Europe at this time there was a rapid growth in trade and an associated growth in towns.

  4. Gothic cathedrals and churches - Wikipedia

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    The Gothic style first appeared in France in the mid-12th century in an Abbey, St Denis Basilica, built by Abbot Suger (1081–1151). The old Basilica was the traditional burial place of Saint Denis, and of the Kings of France, and was also a very popular pilgrimage destination, so much so that pilgrims were sometimes crushed by the crowds.

  5. Gothic art - Wikipedia

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    Gothic art was a style of medieval art that developed in Northern France out of Romanesque art in the 12th century AD, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture. It spread to all of Western Europe , and much of Northern , Southern and Central Europe , never quite effacing more classical styles in Italy.

  6. French Gothic architecture - Wikipedia

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    French Gothic architecture was the result of the emergence in the 12th century of a powerful French state centered in the Île-de-France.During the reign of Louis VI of France (1081–1137), Paris was the principal residence of the Kings of France, Reims the place of coronation, and the Abbey of Saint-Denis became their ceremonial burial place.

  7. English Gothic architecture - Wikipedia

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    The Gothic style endured in England much longer than in Continental Europe. The Gothic style was introduced from France, where the various elements had first been used together within a single building at the choir of the Abbey of Saint-Denis north of Paris, completed in 1144. [3]

  8. The 20 Best Gothic Novels to Read on a Gloomy Autumn Night - AOL

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    Gothic works tend to feature abandoned castles or estates, plots around inheritance, doomed love, and often include supernatural elements. Here, 20 the best gothic books to read this fall: The ...

  9. Gothic sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Detail of the main altar of the Miraflores Charterhouse, Spain. Gil de Siloé.Polychrome wood, 1496–1499. Gothic sculpture was a sculpture style that flourished in Europe during the Middle Ages, from about mid-12th century to the 16th century, [Note 1] evolving from Romanesque sculpture and dissolving into Renaissance sculpture and Mannerism.