Emperor Charlemagne began the Holy Roman Empire in 800 AD. The Holy Roman Empire ruled a big part of Europe including the modern countries of Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, eastern France and much of northern Italy, apart from Venice. Many of these were beginning to become the countries that exist today. Background Towns, states and countries Īt the end of the 12th century, Western Europe was divided into different states. After Vasari, many other people used the word "Gothic" to describe architecture with pointed arches. He said that, as the barbaric Goths had destroyed the classical world, so this "modern art" had destroyed the architecture of the twelfth century. The word " Gothic" was used later during the Renaissance as an insult, relating to the uncivilized ancient Goths, Germanic-people documented living near lower Vistula river.Īn Italian writer named Giorgio Vasari used the word "Gothic" in the 1530s, because he thought buildings from the Middle Ages were not carefully planned and measured like Renaissance buildings or the buildings of ancient Rome. Gothic architecture was at first called "the French Style" ( Opus Francigenum).
French gothic metal windows#
Other important features are the ribbed vault, flying buttress, and windows with patterns of stone lace called tracery. The important single feature of Gothic architecture is the pointed arch, which is the main difference from Romanesque architecture which had rounded arches. Gothic architecture spread across Europe and lasted until the 16th century when Renaissance architecture became popular. Gothic architecture grew out of Romanesque architecture, in France in the 12th century. Gothic architecture is a way of planning and designing buildings that developed in Western Europe in the Late Middle Ages. Cologne Cathedral is one of the largest Cathedrals built in Gothic style in the world.
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