Gothic art and architecture
1140–1500 · Event
Pointed arches, rib vaults and flying buttresses let walls dissolve into stained glass, from Abbot Suger's Saint-Denis to Chartres and Cologne. Born in the Île-de-France, the style spread across Europe and defined church-building for three centuries.
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