See also:

• Arts: Art History: Periods and Movements: Medieval Art: Gothic Art  (2)
• Society: History: By Time Period: Middle Ages  (506)

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

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

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

Gothic Art and Architecture  www.xs4all.nl/~helfrich/gothic 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.

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

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

Gothic Valle d'Aosta, Italy  www.initaly.com/~initaly/regions/valdsta/michael.htm 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.

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

Medieval Architecture: High Gothic  www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/high_gothic.html 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.

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

New York Carver  www.newyorkcarver.com 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.

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

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

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

Wikipedia: Gothic Architecture  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.

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