The Gothic cathedral—from St.-Denis and Notre-Dame of Paris to Chartres, Reims, and Amiens—stands out for a reason. Their flying buttresses, lofty towers, and subaqueous stained-glass windows ...

It arrived in the form of the flying buttress, whose arched supports, like outstretched limbs, came to line the exterior of Gothic cathedrals. With flying buttresses, walls could continue to climb, ...

Recognizable for its pointed arches and rib vaults, Gothic architecture was Europe’s primary building style for cathedrals from ... pinnacles, flying buttresses, and tracery windows.

Gothic cathedrals represent medieval ... joined forces with revolutionary ribbed vaults and gravity-defying flying buttresses ...

Throughout the room were pictures of Cologne Cathedral ... As an example of Gothic architecture, it bears many iconic elements of the style: pointed arches, flying buttresses, tall spires ...

This near-rustic view of the cathedral’s nave and flying buttresses shows the cathedral just before it got its signature spire. Meryon—who ended his life in an asylum—is most admired for his ...