Rooted in medieval architecture and later expanded into literature, fashion and art, it stands as a symbol of mystery and the ...

Gothic architecture is tall, slender, sleek and elegant. New York-based architect Mark Foster Gage looks at the history of one of the world’s most recognizable architectural styles, and explains ...

This stone church at 127 Kent Street in Greenpoint is not as modern as it may appear at first glance. Built in 1866 in the English Gothic Revival style, the Church of the Ascension was designed by a ...

But the key protagonist for the Gothic Revival by much of Victorian England was the architect, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-1852). After helping his father to survey and record medieval ...

Light was important to medieval theologians, as it symbolised God's first creation. The use of stained-glass windows transformed ordinary light into something divine, and Gothic architecture ...

Colleges look medieval partly because of envy ... The tower, Gothic in style, named “Harkness,” must look archaic, timeless. It is 216 ... in having the old architecture to match it.

The Princeton University Art Museum has just opened an exhibition that treats its campus as an art object. “Princeton and the Gothic Revival: 1870-1930” examines the intent of the university ...

Gothic architecture, or the 'modern style' as it was known 850 years ago, is immensely popular among architectural historians. Broadcaster and art historian Dan Cruickshank appraises its on-screen ...

Sacred Architecture. By David Levin; Posted 10.21.10; NOVA; With delicate stone spires and lacy stained-glass windows, Gothic cathedrals are more like sacred sculptures than just buildings.