Gothic

The Age of Carpentry: The New Art and Society in Plantagent England - In this lecture Christopher Currie argues that England excelled in Gothic structural carpentry. Text without illustrations.
history.eserver.org/medieval-carpentry.txt

Earthlore: Gothic Dreams - A lively and illustrated introduction to the monumental churches and cathedrals of the Middle Ages, with a feature on Notre Dame de Paris.
www.elore.com/Gothic/contents.htm

European Route of Brick Gothic - Project aiming to survey medieval buildings in brick in cities around the Baltic Sea and promote a thematic tourist route.
www.eurob.org

Gothic Art and Architecture - Serge Helfrich introduces the art form, dominated by the struggle of architecture against gravity, that flourished in Europe from the 12th until the 16th century.
www.xs4all.nl/~helfrich/gothic/

Gothic Dreams - An exploration and study of churches and cathedrals in the Gothic style. Features include: histories, study guides, glossaries and galleries.
elore.com/elore04.html

Gothic Style Brick Buildings - Information on structures in the Mecklenburg, Vorpommern region of Germany.
www.all-in-all.com/english/8022.htm

Gothic Valle d'Aosta, Italy - Pure Gothic runs rampant in this section of the country thanks to strong German and French influence, seen in a half-dozen color photos from In Italy Online, with description and tourist information.
www.initaly.com/~initaly/regions/valdsta/michael.htm

Medieval Architecture - Clickable thumbnails of photos and drawings illustrating Early Gothic with links to the High Gothic period, from the Digital Archive of Architecture.
www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/gothic_arch.html

Medieval Architecture: High Gothic - Slides of major Gothic buildings from Jeffery Howe's Digital Archive of Architecture: Notre Dame, Chartres; Notre Dame, Amiens; St. Etienne, Bourges; Ste. Chapelle, Paris; Cologne Cathedral.
www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/high_gothic.html

Medieval French Gothic Architecture and Sculpture - San Jose State University provides an extensive gallery of expandable images, accessed via pull-down menu and selection from an array. Basic information is given for each.
worldart.sjsu.edu/prt31*1$596

The Nature of Gothic - An extract from John Ruskin's influential book "The Stones of Venice" (1851-3).
www47.homepage.villanova.edu/seth.koven/gothic.html

New York Carver - A virtual Gothic cathedral project, featuring articles, photo galleries of Gothic architectural details and an illustrated glossary of terms. Image of the day, screensaver, newsletter, resources.
www.newyorkcarver.com/

Romanesque and Gothic Architecture Plans - Spatial proportions compared in detailed layouts, with clickable thumbnails and extensive glossary. From Rice University, Humanities Electronic Studio Project.
www.owlnet.rice.edu/~hart205/Cathedrals/Plan/plan.html

Sculpture for Buildings: Medieval Europe - The Metropolitan Museum of Art uses its extensive collection to present an online tutorial.
www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/arch/hd_arch.htm

St. Joseph Messenger: Architecture - For young viewers...a concise answer to the question: What makes it Gothic?
www.aquinas-multimedia.com/stjoseph/architecture.html

Wikipedia: Gothic Architecture - An illustrated description of the origins and characteristics of the style and its variants and revival. It includes a list of notable Gothic structures.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_architecture

1200 Years of Italian Sculpture: Gothic - Architectural details predominate in this collection of photographs from Thais.
www.thais.it/scultura/romanica.htm