As its name suggests, Gothic Revival architecture is inspired by original Gothic buildings from the Middle Ages. This neo-Gothic style became widespread in the early 19th century, applying ...

After helping his father to survey and record medieval buildings he became convinced that Gothic architecture was not only superior ... of contemporary buildings with similar ones from the Middle Ages ...

At times dismissed as a movement lacking the sophistication of Renaissance innovations that pulled the West out of the Middle Ages and into the early modern era, the Gothic has never lost its ...

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 ...